All S. N. Goenka Quotes
- One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one's reach, until it becomes present.… Becomes
- Love with attachment consists of waves of emotion, usually creating invisible iron chains. Attachment
- Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping. Art
- The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today. Action
- I am against conversion (to Buddhism). In my speech at UN, the first thing I said was that I am for conversion, but not from… Bondage
- Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist. Cannot Coexist
- The only conversion involved in Vipassana is from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation. Bondage
- Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equaimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to… Conditioning
- For real happiness, for real lasting stable happiness, one has to make a journey deep within oneself and see that one gets rid of all… All
- The mind spends most of the time lost in fantasies and illusions, reliving pleasant or unpleasant experiences and anticipating the future with eagerness or fear.… Anticipating
- We cannot live in the past; it is gone. Nor can we live in the future; it is forever beyond our grasp. We can live… Action
- The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal. Buddha
- If we can develop the ability to be aware of the present moment, we can use the past as a guide for ordering our actions… Ability
- Discover real peace and harmony within yourself, and naturally this will overflow to benefit others. Benefit
- Rather than converting people from one organised religion to another organised religion, we should try to convert people from misery to happiness, from bondage to… Bondage
- Every sensation shares the same characteristic: it arises and passes away, arises and passes away. It is this arising and passing that we have to… Accept
- One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment. Art
- Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful. Bound
- When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears. Disappear