Trying to be happy Quotes by Daniel M. Ingram

“When I think about what it would take to achieve freedom from all psychological stuff, the response that comes is this: life is about…

— Daniel M. Ingram

“Thus, “let it go” at its best actually means, “don’t give a bunch of transient sensations an excessive sense of solidity.” It does not…

— Daniel M. Ingram

“Basically, until we are very enlightened, some odd mixture of compassion and confusion motivates everything we do, as mentioned elsewhere, and so we have…

— Daniel M. Ingram

“Language at its best is a useful tool, though by its very nature it artificially divides, reduces and over-simplifies. Hopefully,”

— Daniel M. Ingram

“This list doesn’t include issues of corruption, romances, cults of personality, affairs, crushes, miscommunications, vendettas, scandals, drug use, money issues, and all the other…

— Daniel M. Ingram

“if we are to have a clear standard for whether or not these techniques and teachings are working for us, it is vital that…

— Daniel M. Ingram

“The first point is that about impermanence. Bliss, peace, happiness, as well as their counterparts pain, chaos, and misery, are all transient phenomena, subject…

— Daniel M. Ingram

“Language at its best is a useful tool, though by its very nature it artificially divides, reduces and oversimplifies.”

— Daniel M. Ingram

“If you do the technique, you will see all of this and more. If not, reading about it won’t help you. It’s just another…

— Daniel M. Ingram

“In terms of insight practice, a lawyer who is terrible at insight practices but tries to do them anyway is vastly superior to a…

— Daniel M. Ingram

“At the most fundamental level, the level that is the most useful for doing insight practices, we wish desperately that there was some separate,…

— Daniel M. Ingram