Conscious breathing is my anchor.
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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Fearless and genuine, gentle and daring, and a sense of humor.
“Fearlessness is not the simpleminded product of overcoming or overpowering your fear. Fearlessness is a positive state of being. It …
Go beyond the realm of good and bad and realize the absolute.
“In our practice the most important thing is to realize that we have buddhanature. Intellectually we may know this, but …
If we cannot be happy in spite of our difficulties, what good is our spiritual practice?
“If we cannot be happy in spite of our difficulties, what good is our spiritual practice?” – Maha Ghosananda quoted …
We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone.
“There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide. No matter …
Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body.
Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are …
Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached.
“Just know what is happening in your mind – not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer …
The known object and the knowing mind are all in a state of flux, now appearing, now vanishing. They are transitory.
“A bubble bursts soon after it has been formed. A mirage conjures up an image of reality which disappears on …
Work for the total removal of the wrong view of self.
As long as one is not free from the wrong view of self, one cannot expect to escape from the …
The cessation of both the objects of awareness and awareness of them is the truth of the cessation of suffering.
“The Noble Eightfold Path—including right view and so on—that directly takes nibbāna as its object is truth of the path. …