Persons Quotes by Tara Brach

11 Persons quotes by Tara Brach

These short excerpts from Brach’s teachings highlight her gentle approach to understanding the inner lives of those around us.

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If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation.

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When I'm attached, I find that I don't see the other person as clearly because I'm more caught up in what I'm…

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If you let someone know you appreciate him or her, especially when you're going to disagree, it gets that person's defenses down.

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I think the reason Buddhism and Western psychology are so compatible is that Western psychology helps to identify the stories and the…

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If [kids] get into loving relationships, they're afraid they'll be found wanting, won't have the looks or body shape our culture deems…

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Telling each other the truth and being who we are, and having space for the other person's vulnerability in being who they…

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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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When desire for a certain person's attention becomes an "I have to have" kind of grasping, then identity gets organized around needing…

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Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years…

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Most of us need to be reminded that we are good, that we are lovable, that we belong. If we knew just…

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The mistake we make is that when we're feeling another person is not treating us in the way that makes us feel…

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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.

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Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality.

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

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