“The commitment to morality, or non-harming, is a source of tremendous strength, because it helps free the mind from the remorse of having done unwholesome actions. Freedom from remorse leads to happiness. Happiness leads to concentration. Concentration brings wisdom. And… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“The Pali word parami refers to ten wholesome qualities in our minds and the accumulated power they bring to us: generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truthfulness, resolve, lovingkindness, and equanimity.” — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Memory is a class of thoughts which takes as its object something already experienced.” — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Unless a practice cools the fires of greed, aversion, and ignorance it is worthless.” — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“At first, as we undertake the cultivation of compassion, we may feel genuine empathy with others in pain or difficulty. This happens when we… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“We establish some stability and focus in our mind and see which elements in it lead to greater peace, which to greater suffering. All… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Guilt is a manifestation of condemnation or aversion towards oneself, which does not understand the changing transformative quality of mind. 'Seeking the Heart of… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Is enlightenment gradual or is it sudden? Whole schools of Buddhism have grown up around this issue. But it has always seemed to me… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.” — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“together and disappear when the conditions change. None of them” — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“We often mistakenly assume that because someone has genuine understanding in one particular area, this mastery necessarily extends to all other areas of life.… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“I have no parents I make the heavens and earth my parents I have no home I make awareness my home I have no… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“We all know people who become strongly identified with, and attached to, their intelligence. It can become a big ego trap, harmful to oneself… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“In India, I was living in a little hut, about six feet by seven feet. It had a canvas flap instead of a door.… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
