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Henepola Gunaratana Quotes

You can’t ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step outside of the endless cycle of desire and aversion Picture Quote #1

Pain is inevitable, suffering is not Picture Quote #1

When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic Picture Quote #1

Ignorance may be bliss, but it does not lead to liberation Picture Quote #1

Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience Picture Quote #1

You can only have bliss if you don’t chase it Picture Quote #1

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Meditation changes your character Picture Quote #1

Don’t cling to anything and don’t reject anything Picture Quote #1

No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed Picture Quote #1

You can’t ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step outside of the endless cycle of desire and aversion Picture Quote #1

Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on ourselves Picture Quote #1

The present moment is changing so fast that we often do not notice its existence at all. Every moment of mind is like a series of pictures passing through a projector. Some of the pictures come from sense impressions. Others come from memories of past experiences or from fantasies of the future Picture Quote #1

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The brain does not manufacture thoughts unless we stimulate it with habitual verbalizing. When we train ourselves by constant practice to stop verbalizing, the brain can experience things as they are Picture Quote #1

Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is fine, too. Look on all of it as equal, and make yourself comfortable with whatever happens Picture Quote #1

You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them Picture Quote #1

Watch the functioning of your own mind in a calm and detached manner so you can gain insight into your own behavior Picture Quote #1

By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don’t experience 100 percent peace Picture Quote #1

They have no power over you. It’s all a show, a deception. Your urges scream and bluster at you; they cajole; they coax; they threaten; but they really carry no stick at all. You give in out of habit. You give in because you never really bother to look beyond the threat. It is all empty back there. There is only one way to learn this lesson, though. The words on this page won’t do it Picture Quote #1

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The process of becoming who you will be begins first with the total acceptance of who you are Picture Quote #1

Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration of socially conditioned responses or habitual reactions Picture Quote #1

Buddhism advises you not to implant feelings that you don’t really have or avoid feelings that you do have. If you are miserable you are miserable; that is the reality, that is what is happening, so confront that. Look it square in the eye without flinching. When you are having a bad time, examine that experience, observe it mindfully, study the phenomenon and learn its mechanics. The way out of a trap is to study the trap itself, learn how it is built. You do this by taking the thing apart piece by piece. The trap can’t trap you if it has been taken to pieces. The result is freedom Picture Quote #1

Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don’t have to be swept away by your feeling. You can respond with wisdom and kindness rather than habit and reactivity Picture Quote #1

Real peace comes only when you stop chasing it. When you relax your driving desire for comfort, real fulfillment arises. When you drop your hectic pursuit of gratification, the real beauty of life comes out. When you seek to know the reality without illusion, complete with all its pain and danger, that is when real freedfom and security are yours Picture Quote #1

View all problems as challenges. Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow. Don’t run from them, condemn yourself, or bury your burden in saintly silence. You have a problem? Great. More grist for the mill. Rejoice, dive in, and investigate Picture Quote #1

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Vipassana: looking into something with clarity and precision, seeing each component as distinct, piercing all the way through so as to perceive the most fundamental reality of that thing Picture Quote #1

No matter how hard you pursue pleasure and success, there are times when you fail. No matter how fast you flee, there are times when pain catches up with you Picture Quote #1

The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side Picture Quote #1

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You can’t ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step outside of the endless cycle of desire and aversion. (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Pain is inevitable, suffering is not (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Ignorance may be bliss, but it does not lead to liberation (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) You can only have bliss if you don’t chase it (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Meditation changes your character (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Don’t cling to anything and don’t reject anything (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) You can’t ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step outside of the endless cycle of desire and aversion (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on ourselves (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) The present moment is changing so fast that we often do not notice its existence at all. Every moment of mind is like a series of pictures passing through a projector. Some of the pictures come from sense impressions. Others come from memories of past experiences or from fantasies of the future (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) The brain does not manufacture thoughts unless we stimulate it with habitual verbalizing. When we train ourselves by constant practice to stop verbalizing, the brain can experience things as they are (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is fine, too. Look on all of it as equal, and make yourself comfortable with whatever happens (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Watch the functioning of your own mind in a calm and detached manner so you can gain insight into your own behavior (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don’t experience 100 percent peace (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) They have no power over you. It’s all a show, a deception. Your urges scream and bluster at you; they cajole; they coax; they threaten; but they really carry no stick at all. You give in out of habit. You give in because you never really bother to look beyond the threat. It is all empty back there. There is only one way to learn this lesson, though. The words on this page won’t do it (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) The process of becoming who you will be begins first with the total acceptance of who you are (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration of socially conditioned responses or habitual reactions (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Buddhism advises you not to implant feelings that you don’t really have or avoid feelings that you do have. If you are miserable you are miserable; that is the reality, that is what is happening, so confront that. Look it square in the eye without flinching. When you are having a bad time, examine that experience, observe it mindfully, study the phenomenon and learn its mechanics. The way out of a trap is to study the trap itself, learn how it is built. You do this by taking the thing apart piece by piece. The trap can’t trap you if it has been taken to pieces. The result is freedom (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don’t have to be swept away by your feeling. You can respond with wisdom and kindness rather than habit and reactivity (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Real peace comes only when you stop chasing it. When you relax your driving desire for comfort, real fulfillment arises. When you drop your hectic pursuit of gratification, the real beauty of life comes out. When you seek to know the reality without illusion, complete with all its pain and danger, that is when real freedfom and security are yours (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) View all problems as challenges. Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow. Don’t run from them, condemn yourself, or bury your burden in saintly silence. You have a problem? Great. More grist for the mill. Rejoice, dive in, and investigate (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) Vipassana: looking into something with clarity and precision, seeing each component as distinct, piercing all the way through so as to perceive the most fundamental reality of that thing (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) No matter how hard you pursue pleasure and success, there are times when you fail. No matter how fast you flee, there are times when pain catches up with you (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes) The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side (Henepola Gunaratana Quotes)