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Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us.
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The more we abandon ill-will and hatred, the easier it will be to meditate.
Ayya Khema
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"Wholeheartedly" means that we give our time, love, and energy unstintingly.
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If we do not try, we will not know.
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As long as we have practiced neither concentration nor mindfulness, the ego takes itself for granted and remains its usual normal size, as big as the people around one will allow.
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Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going.
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A truly happy person is someone who is joyfully independent of outer conditions.
Ayya Khema -
The heart is always the place to go. Go home into your heart, where there is warmth, appreciation, gratitude and contentment.
Ayya Khema
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If we want to be loved, we are looking for a support system. If we want to love, we are looking for spiritual growth.
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From contact comes feeling. From feeling comes reaction. This is what keeps us in the cycle of birth and death. Our reactions to our feelings are our passport to rebirth.
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Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.
Ayya Khema