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> [Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/mindfulness-is-a-mental-activity-that-in-due-course-eliminates-all/)

[Ayya Khema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayya-khema/)

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## More by Ayya Khema

> [It is often thought that the Buddha's doctrine teaches us that suffering will disappear if one has meditated long enough, or if one sees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/it-is-often-thought-that-the-buddha-s-doctrine-teaches-us-that/)

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> [Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/half-the-spiritual-life-consists-of-remembering-what-we-are-up/)

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> [“In meditation, we have to give ourselves totally, with no holding back. Whatever meditation subject we have chosen, we must become immersed in it;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/in-meditation-we-have-to-give-ourselves-totally-with-no-holding-back/)

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> [“The teaching of the Buddha is called the Dhamma. He did not teach Buddhism, any more than Jesus taught Christianity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/the-teaching-of-the-buddha-is-called-the-dhamma-he-did-not-teach/)

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> [“There is no one creator, but there is the realm of creation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/there-is-no-one-creator-but-there-is-the-realm-of-creation/)

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> [“when the words we speak or write come from inner experience and are heartfelt, they are always imbued with “trembling for the welfare of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/when-the-words-we-speak-or-write-come-from-inner-experience-and-are/)

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> [“Wisdom comes only from the understood experience and from nothing else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/wisdom-comes-only-from-the-understood-experience-and-from-nothing-else/)

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> [We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual path. Such satisfaction with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/we-could-become-quite-satisfied-with-ourselves-because-we-are-sitting/)

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> [Unless we practice loving feelings toward everyone we meet, day in, day out, we're missing out on the most joyous part of life. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/unless-we-practice-loving-feelings-toward-everyone-we-meet-day-in-day/)

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> [“To be in the present is actually to be in eternity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/to-be-in-the-present-is-actually-to-be-in-eternity/)

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> [the more we abandon ill-will and hatred, the easier it will be to meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/the-more-we-abandon-ill-will-and-hatred-the-easier-it-will-be-to/)

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> [Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/eventually-we-will-find-mostly-in-retrospect-of-course-that-we-can-be/)

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> [A truly happy person is someone who is joyfully independent of outer conditions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/a-truly-happy-person-is-someone-who-is-joyfully-independent-of-outer/)

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> [“on the higher levels of the spiritual path, celibacy is considered a most important aspect of the training.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/on-the-higher-levels-of-the-spiritual-path-celibacy-is-considered-a/)

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> [If we do not try, we will not know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayya-khema/if-we-do-not-try-we-will-not-know/)

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