The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Each step along the Buddha's path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“The meditator’s intention is to purge her own mind of anger, prejudice, and ill will, and she is actively engaged in the… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“There is no clinging to the pleasant, no fleeing from the unpleasant. Mindfulness treats all experiences equally, all thoughts equally, all feelings… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Vipassana: looking into something with clarity and precision, seeing each component as distinct, piercing all the way through so as to perceive… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“Don’t think about your problems during your practice. Push them aside very gently. Take a break from all that worrying and planning.… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Prayer and contemplation are both exercises in concentration. The normal deluge of conscious thought is restricted and the mind is brought to… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“we try mentally to grab onto it or push it away. That sets the worry response in motion.” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain-just watch it come up and don't get involved. Much to your surprise,… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
“You can learn to perceive your life as an ever-flowing movement. You can learn to see the continuous flow of all conditioned” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
“We spend all of our energies trying to make ourselves feel better, trying to bury our fears, endlessly seeking security.” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
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… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
“There is no clinging to the pleasant, no fleeing from the unpleasant. Mindfulness treats all experiences equally, all thoughts equally, all feelings equally. Nothing… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
“Place no head above your own.” By this he meant, don’t just accept somebody else’s word. See for yourself. We want you to apply… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share
