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# Matthew Flickstein

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Matthew Flickstein is a teacher.

## Quick Facts About Matthew Flickstein

Profession Teacher

## About Matthew Flickstein

American meditation teacher... \| Matthew Flickstein is a teacher of insight (vipassana) meditation. He was formerly a psychotherapist, and at one time was ordained as a Buddhist monk in the Theravada tradition.
Flickstein’s primary teacher has been the Venerable Bhante Henepola Gunaratana.

##  Quotes by Matthew Flickstein

> [“Compassion is the willingness to play in the field of dreams even though you are awake.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-flickstein/compassion-is-the-willingness-to-play-in-the-field-of-dreams-even/)

[Matthew Flickstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-flickstein/)

[Awake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awake/)

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> [“How much of your life do you spend looking forward to being somewhere else?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-flickstein/how-much-of-your-life-do-you-spend-looking-forward-to-being-somewhere/)

[Matthew Flickstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-flickstein/)

[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/matthew-flickstein-108805_attention_how-much-of-your-life-do-you-spend-looki_2575042.jpg)

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