“... every single act we do has the potential of causing pain, and every single thing we do has consequences that echo… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
“... although I knew what issues had been most difficult for me in my life, I may not have known the depth… — Sylvia Boorstein Life Copy Share Image
“I would not ask you to do this practice, to undertake this path of liberation from the habits of suffering mind, unless… — Sylvia Boorstein Freedom Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as… — Sylvia Boorstein Change life Copy Share Image
If you take a deep breath and look around, 'Look what's happening to me!' can become 'Look what's happening!' And what's happening?… — Sylvia Boorstein Breaths Copy Share Image
“... freedom of choice is possible. Life is going to unfold however it does: pleasant or unpleasant, disappointing or thrilling, expected or… — Sylvia Boorstein Choice Copy Share Image
The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in. — Sylvia Boorstein Mind Copy Share Image
The Buddha taught that suffering is the extra pain in the mind that happens when we feel an anguished imperative to have… — Sylvia Boorstein Different Copy Share Image
“I love the phrase 'I am not afraid!' Maybe it's the best phrase we can say, other than 'I have everything I… — Sylvia Boorstein Fear Copy Share Image
My father . . . used to say, 'I need my anger. It obliges me to take action.' I think my father… — Sylvia Boorstein Action Copy Share Image
“... life is difficult and painful, just by its very nature, not because we're doing it wrong [pp. 17-18].” — Sylvia Boorstein Life Copy Share Image
“Some of my most precious moments of insight have been those in which I have seen clearly that gratitude is the only… — Sylvia Boorstein Buddhism Copy Share Image
The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful. — Sylvia Boorstein Being truthful Copy Share Image
Dedication to goodness-dedication in response to an inner moral mandate rather than external restraint-was both the antidote to the pain and the… — Sylvia Boorstein Antidote Copy Share Image
“Anger is often a big problem for people who grew up in families where the overt expression of anger was an everyday… — Sylvia Boorstein Anger Copy Share Image
We are all dangling in mid-process between what already happened (which is just a memory) and what might happen (which is just… — Sylvia Boorstein Awake Copy Share Image
Ultimately ... it's not the stories that determine our choices, but the stories that we continue to choose. — Sylvia Boorstein Choice Copy Share Image
I am thankful that thus far today I have not had any unkind thoughts or said any harsh words or done anything… — Sylvia Boorstein Bed Copy Share Image
“It is possible to cultivate a mind so spacious that it can be passionate and awake and responsive and involved and care… — Sylvia Boorstein Psychology Copy Share Image
I understood that the teacher was not eing dismissive, that the problem would be addressed. But, without extra upset. A noncombative response,… — Sylvia Boorstein Able Copy Share Image
“... the delicacy, the impermanence, the emptiness of mind states. Just like the weather, they blow in and out. Good mood. Bad… — Sylvia Boorstein Bad mood Copy Share Image
What if someone hurts you with a weapon? Wait. Think it over. You probably feel angry. That's normal. But wasn't it the… — Sylvia Boorstein Add Copy Share Image
“We don’t get a choice about what hand we are dealt in this life.” — Sylvia Boorstein Choice Copy Share Image
“The next-to-last sentence that the Buddha is reported to have spoken as he was dying, before his final sentence of encouragement to… — Sylvia Boorstein Buddha Copy Share Image
