Quotes About Mindfulness

Solo aquí y ahora podemos experimentar la liberación y la felicidad total.

The miracle is not to walk on water or fire. The miracle is to walk on the earth.

The third door is aimlessness. We already are what we want to become. We don't have to become someone else.

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.

Meditation is not about turning yourself into a battlefield where one side fights the other, because the basis of Buddhist meditation is nonduality.

We blame our suffering on another person or group, or on bad luck, but outside conditions are not the reason it appears. Our suffering was already there.

Our feelings are us, and for that moment we are those feelings. We needn't be intoxicated or terrorized by them, nor do we need to reject them. The practice of not clinging to or rejecting feelings is an important part of meditation. If we face our feelings with care, affection, and non violence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is healthy and nourishing.

Our moods fluctuate and we identify ourselves with these feelings. When we're sad, we say, I'm sad. When we're happy, we say, I'm happy. But our true person is not those things, nor is it something outside of them.

Watering the seeds of happiness is a very important practice for those who are sick or dying.

Without fear, we are able to see more clearly our connections to others. Without fear, we have more room for understanding and compassion. Without fear, we are truly free.

The higher our degree of concentration, the greater the quality of our life. Vietnamese girls are often told by their mothers that if they concentrate, they will be more beautiful. This is the kind of beauty that comes from dwelling deeply in the present moment. When a young lady moves inattentively, she does not look as fresh or at ease. Her mother may not use these words, but she is encouraging her daughter to practice Right Concentration

The first thing we can do in these situations is to acknowledge internally that the pictures we have in our head, what we think happened, may not be accurate. Our practice is to breathe and walk until we are more calm and relaxed.

When we learn to calm our minds in order to look deeply at the true nature of things, we can arrive at full understanding, which dissolves every sorrow and anxiety and gives rise to acceptance and love. Gautama now saw that understanding and love are one. Without understanding, there can be no love.

Respirar durante dos o tres segundos conscientemente te permite darte cuenta de que estás vivo

Zen is none other than Buddhism.

There is no enlightenment outside daily life.

Si hay alegría y espaciosidad en tu corazón, tus palabras estarán cargadas de sabiduría y crearán una comunicación real», le dije. Y luego añadí lo siguiente:

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thoughts will cease, allowing your mind to dwell in mindfulness. When you are aware of your breathing, you dwell in mindfulness. Dwelling in mindfulness, you cannot be led astray by any thoughts. With just one breath, you can attain awakening. That awakening is the Buddha-nature that exists in all beings. "Breathing in a short breath, you know that you are breathing in a short breath. Breathing out a long breath

When you speak, allow the insight of our collective humanity to speak through you. When you walk, don't walk for yourself alone; walk for your ancestors and your community. When you breathe, allow the larger world to breathe for you.

Practice the non-practice practice.

Knowing how to handle suffering, you know at the same time how to produce happiness. And if you're truly happy, we all profit from your happiness. We need happy people in this world.

and because there are no more obstacles in their mind, they can overcome all fear, destroy all wrong perceptions, and realize Perfect Nirv??a

Hay cuatro clases de alimentos que consumimos a diario. En el budismo los llamamos los Cuatro Nutrientes: los alimentos comestibles, las impresiones sensoriales, las voliciones y la conciencia, tanto a nivel individual como colectivo.