Jack Kornfield Short Quotes

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As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.

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Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind.

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There is a web of life into which we are born, from which we can never fall.

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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life

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The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding.

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Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you.

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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.

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We can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much.

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Skill in concentrating and steadying the mind is the basis for all types of meditation.

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The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

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We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.

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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.

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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.

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Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

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Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels.

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Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.

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Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration.

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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.

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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.

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There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart.

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We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.

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With mindfulness, we are learning to observe in a new way, with balance and a powerful disidentification.

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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.

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We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go.

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In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion.

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A factor that greatly supports the opening of energy in practice is exercise and care of the physical body.

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