Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
DUE TO OUR FEELINGS ARISING FROM CONTACT, we think and we rationalize, conceptualize, theorize, philosophize and speculate. Because of the feeling arising… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
We usually do not look into what is really there in front of us. We see life through a screen of thoughts… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don't experience… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“When we mindfully watch our bodily sensations, we should not confuse them with mental formations, for bodily sensations can arise completely independent… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Prayer and contemplation are both exercises in concentration. The normal deluge of conscious thought is restricted and the mind is brought to… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“The mind does not stay all the time with the feeling of breath. It goes to sounds, memories, emotions, perceptions, consciousness, and… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
The brain does not manufacture thoughts unless we stimulate it with habitual verbalizing. When we train ourselves by constant practice to stop… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“we try mentally to grab onto it or push it away. That sets the worry response in motion.” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain-just watch it come up and don't get involved. Much to your surprise,… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“You can learn to perceive your life as an ever-flowing movement. You can learn to see the continuous flow of all conditioned” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“We spend all of our energies trying to make ourselves feel better, trying to bury our fears, endlessly seeking security.” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
You can't ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
