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Tara Brach

(1953) Psychologist United States

200 quotes in 897 categories

Our minds replay old stories as a way to sort out unresolved problems. Brach suggests that looking through the eyes of someone who loves us can help us appreciate ourselves, and she teaches that emotions are a mix of thoughts and body sensations. She also says that our attitude decides whether challenges bring suffering or freedom.

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Tara Brach is a psychologist from the United States, best known for Radical acceptance.

Quick Facts About Tara Brach

Born: May 17, 1953
Nationality: United States
Profession: Psychologist
Notable works: Radical acceptance

About Tara Brach

She founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. and teaches Buddhist meditation at centers such as Spirit Rock in California, the Kripalu Center and the Omega Institute in the United States and Europe.

Quotes by Tara Brach

To open in a loving way is to let awareness notice that tightening.

Awareness

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Meditation is evolution's strategy to bring out our full potential.

Evolution

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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.

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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.

Encounter

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I don't believe I'm bad, and I do believe I'm good.

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Meditation can change the flavor of the season.

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I knew I could hold myself with that absolute love and compassion.

Absolute love

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“Perfection is not a prerequisite for anything but pain.”

Excellence

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Underneath the stress is fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.

Failure

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Discovering a richer quality of being-ness means to keep surrendering and letting go of resistance.

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It may sound lovey-dovey, but there's research showing the positive effect of meditation on parts of the brain that control emotion.

Brain

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If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.

Beauty

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Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same…

Dream

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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

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Along with judging myself harshly, I'd also always seen the truth of goodness in me.

Goodness

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I think of desire as the essence that brings forth the whole universe.

Desire

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My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an…

Experience

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Most of us grow up with a sense of "I'm not intelligent enough." It's such a sad thing that in the West…

Brain

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True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can…

Awareness

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When we experience stress, the nervous system tries to control things. Part of waking up is discovering what we are beyond that…

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Compassion can be described as letting ourselves be touched by the vulnerability and suffering that is within ourselves and all beings. The…

Action

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A lot of times in spiritual communities, detachment is considered to be an expression of being spiritually evolved when often, we have…

Community

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When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear…

Being different

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If I can forgive the attachment in myself and open to the vulnerability that's underneath it, then rather than fixating on another…

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The next time you find yourself in some way trying desperately to land safely, your compassion might be what finally gives you…

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I might find that I have a habit of being jealous and comparing myself with other people and riveting my attention on…

Attention

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What would it be like if, right in the midst of this busyness, we were to consciously take our hands off the…

Computation

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The way to develop the habit of savoring is to pause when something is beautiful and good and catches our attention -…

Attention

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The emotion of fear often works overtime. Even when there is no immediate threat, our body may remain tight and on guard,…

Body

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The great gift of a spiritual path is coming to trust that you can find a way to true refuge. You realize…

Awareness

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Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I…

Acceptance

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Offer some gesture of kindness to yourself. Sometimes it's just a message, to say: "It's okay. You're going to be okay. We've…

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We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love,…

Beautiful

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“If we are taken over by craving, no matter who or what is before us, all we can see is how it…

Autumn leaves

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“Whatever you think or do regularly becomes a habit, a strongly conditioned pathway in the brain. The more you think about what…

Addiction

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“Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time…

Daily life

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“Buddhism offers a basic challenge to this cultural worldview. The Buddha taught that this human birth is a precious gift because it…

Adam and eve

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“After several days, I had a pivotal interview with my teacher. When I described how I’d become so overwhelmed, she calmly asked,…

Desire

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In bullfighting there is an interesting parallel to the pause as a place of refuge and renewal. It is believed that in…

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Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it…

Aggression

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Tara Brach by topic

Life (29) Love (26) Heart (24) Time (23) Psychology (19) Self (18) Body (18) Moments (16) Compassion (16) Feelings (15) Fear (15) Radical acceptance (14) Meditation (14) Freedom (14) Acceptance (14) World (13) Suffering (13)