Quotes About Mindfulness

For all of us with consciousness"—the Dalai Lama returned to his seat—"our life is very precious. Therefore, we need to protect all sentient beings very much. Also, we must recognize that we share the same two basic wishes: the wish to enjoy happiness and the wish to avoid suffering." These

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people are much happier when they're mindful of what they're doing.

everything depends on mind.

If we believe that our happiness depends on something we don't currently have, then we cant be happy here and now. Yet here and now is the only time we can be happy. We cant be happy in future; it doesn't yet exist.

Our own well-being and the well-being of those around us depends on being guided by the right priorities,

Pain is inevitable," the Dalai Lama continued. "Suffering is optional.

If one speaks or acts with a serene mind, happiness follows, as surely as one's shadow.

Both happiness and unhappiness arise from thought. Our challenge is to develop those thoughts that create happiness and avoid those that cause us to suffer. So much of the time, we are having negative thoughts without realizing what is happening because we're so caught up in them. Or because we can't help ourselves. But with mindfulness, it's possible to become more aware. To observe what we are thinking, and if necessary, to change.

Too much thinking is not necessary.

May all beings be free from suffering and the true causes of suffering;

May all beings abide in peace and equanimity, their minds free from attachment and aversion, and free from indifference.

Aminte?te-?i de cuvintele lui Buddha: De?i un singur om poate învinge în b?t?lie o mie de oameni de o mie de ori, cel care se învinge pe sine este cel mai mare r?zboinic.

We each need to find out our own personal methods of cultivating happiness,

We can turn our suffering into the cause of extraordinary growth.

Mindfulness is when we focus on the present moment, instead of being caught up in our thoughts.

First, people were not thinking about what they were doing 47 per cent of the time. Second, people were unhappier when their minds were wandering than they were not. And third, what people were thinking was a better predictor of their happiness than what they were doing.

The greatest obstacle to our own happiness, she tells us, is too much thinking.

renunciation is the start of our inner journey. Instead of fixating on external circumstances, we look within.

The more we let go, the more peace here." He touched his heart.

We should be careful who we blame for our unhappiness when we ourselves have created the causes for our unhappy experiences.

Remember the words of the Buddha: 'Though one man may conquer a thousand men a thousand times in battle, he who conquers himself is the greatest warrior.

The purpose of Buddhism is not to convert people. It is to give them tools so they can create greater happiness. So they can be happier Catholics, happier atheists, happier Buddhists. There are many practices, and I know you are already very familiar with one of them." Mrs. Trinci raised her eyebrows. "It is the wonderful paradox," he continued, "that the best way to achieve happiness for oneself is to give happiness to others.

We all need to let go—especially of our preoccupations with ourselves.