Gil Fronsdal Quotes

#1. When you meditate, don't think about what is happening. Rather, let your awareness be seated in the tender warmth you feel in your body. If you do this, any meditation practice you do will be fruitful.

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#2. It's easy to do what is not good And things that harm oneself. It's very difficult to do Things beneficial and good.

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#3. People who do not see their choices do not believe they have choices.

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#4. Freedom from clinging gives room in our hearts to grow.

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#5. Nothing whatsoever is worth the cost of a contracted heart.

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#6. Mindfulness, by helping us notice our impulses before we act, gives us the opportunity to decide whether to act and how to act

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#7. It can be easy to love all beings from a distance; it can be a great challenge when we have to live with them.

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#8. Who are you in the silence between your thoughts?

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#9. Giving a brief sermon, the Abbess once said, 'A hot furnace does not need to be heated. A loving heart does not need to be loved. Being loving is more important than being loved.

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#10. Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving

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#11. To be 'free' only when things are pleasant is not real freedom.

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#12. Freedom from clinging allows us bring love into all aspects of our life.

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#13. Better than a thousand meaningless statements Is one meaningful word, Which, having been heard, Brings peace.

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#14. If you want to attain peace, live peacefully

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#15. You don't have to be equal, you don't have to be better, you don't have to be worse. You can just be at peace.

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#16. Greater in combat Than a person who conquers A thousand times a thousand people Is the person who conquers herself.

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#17. The gift of Dharma surpasses all gifts. The taste of Dharma surpasses all tastes. The delight in Dharma surpasses all delights. The destruction of craving conquers all suffering.

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#18. Hatred never ends through hatred. By non-hate alone does it end. This is an ancient truth.

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#19. Buddhism's cardinal ethical principle is to avoid causing harm.

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#20. One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness.

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