“The essence of meditation is to induce a mind which is totally relaxed and at the same time totally aware. If you get into a lovely, dreamy, peaceful state where you don't want to move and you feel you could… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“So if we are feeling angry at someone, we sit and generate thoughts of loving-kindness towards him. We start by generating thoughts of loving-kindness towards ourselves. Then when that warmth, that sense of acceptance even of the anger, arises in… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“If we don't use our daily life as a practice, nothing is ever going to change. It's not enough to just go to Dharma centers, or even to just do a daily practice. It's not even a matter of how much intellectual knowledge we absorb or how cleverly we understand concepts and ideas. The question is whether something inside is… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
“Having this inner space enables us to view our thoughts and emotions at a distance, which means we do not immediately identify with them as they arise. Normally we identify so strongly with our thoughts and emotions. Because we identify with them, we make them opaque, heavy, solid, real...we create space and a sense of detachment that helps us recognize… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
“The essence of meditation is to induce a mind which is totally relaxed and at the same time totally aware. If you get into… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“That's why we are always stressed, because we are always looking at something in the distance. If you are always looking at the top… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“So if we are feeling angry at someone, we sit and generate thoughts of loving-kindness towards him. We start by generating thoughts of loving-kindness… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“He is talking to the person, not to the various masks they are wearing for the world.” — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
