“We don’t get a choice about what hand we are dealt in this life.” — Sylvia Boorstein Choice Copy Share Image
Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. — Sylvia Boorstein Inspirational 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 Accepting Copy Share Image
“... you are in pain. Relax. Take a breath. Let's pay attention to what is happening. Then we'll figure out what to… — Sylvia Boorstein Pain 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
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
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
“... Fear doesn't frighten me as much as it used to. I know it's from clinging, and I know it will pass [p. 29].” — Sylvia Boorstein Fear 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
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
“... every single act we do has the potential of causing pain, and every single thing we do has consequences that echo… — Sylvia Boorstein Causing pain Copy Share Image
“Right Understanding means feeling terrible, remembering pain is finite, and taking some solace from that remembering. And, when things are pleasant, even… — Sylvia Boorstein Feeling terrible 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
“... although I knew what issues had been most difficult for me in my life, I may not have known the depth… — Sylvia Boorstein Feelings Copy Share Image
Clearly the path of mitzvot is a form of meditation. The intention to act impeccably requires complete dedication and unwavering attention. I… — Sylvia Boorstein Attention Copy Share Image
People are realizing that what seemed important to them in their lives-materialism and consumerism-doesn't work at all to make a happy heart.… — Sylvia Boorstein Consumerism Copy Share Image
Heir to your own karma doesn't mean 'You get what you deserve.' I think it means 'You get what you get.' Bad… — Sylvia Boorstein Action Copy Share Image
Being silent for me doesn't require being in a quiet place and it doesnt mean not saying words. It means, "receiving in… — Sylvia Boorstein Able Copy Share Image
I know whether or not I am confused most readily by noticing--being mindful of--my capacity for feeling caring concern. ... when I… — Sylvia Boorstein Appreciate 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
The path of compassion leads to the development of insight. But it doesn't work to say, "Ready, set, go! Be compassionate!" Beginning… — Sylvia Boorstein Bits 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
“Here's a practice idea for right now. Choose one of those sets of phrases. ... Plan on taking some time to say… — Sylvia Boorstein Mind and body Copy Share Image
If I want to free myself from endless cycles of struggling with temptation, I need to keep rediscovering that the pain of… — Sylvia Boorstein Alive Copy Share Image
His response is more than sensible. It reflects his understanding that evens unfold as a refelction of precise karmic order and that… — Sylvia Boorstein Behavior Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. — Sylvia Boorstein Acceptance 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
Ultimately ... it's not the stories that determine our choices, but the stories that we continue to choose. — Sylvia Boorstein Choice 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 Difficult 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
“I'd say, "But I'm not happy." And she'd say, "Where is it written that you're supposed to be happy all the time?” — Sylvia Boorstein Happiness 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
“It is possible to cultivate a mind so spacious that it can be passionate and awake and responsive and involved and care… — Sylvia Boorstein Cultivate Copy Share Image
It is our own pain, and our own desire to be free of it, that alerts us to the suffering of the… — Sylvia Boorstein Born Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is attentiveness, moment to moment. What's happening right now and what's coming up in me in response to what's happening right… — Sylvia Boorstein Able Copy Share Image
“They were struggling and often in quite a lot of pain and concern, but still, they were all right. I thought to… — Sylvia Boorstein Aging gracefully 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
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
![“The end of health or of vigor is sad. [p. 149]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7da/sylvia-boorstein-7241_health_the-end-of-health-or-of-vigor-is-sad-p-1_1580107.jpg)
![“... you are in pain. Relax. Take a breath. Let's pay attention to what is happening. Then we'll figure out what to do. [p. 10]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b8a/sylvia-boorstein-7241_pain_you-are-in-pain-relax-take-a-breath-let_1000192.jpg)
![“I love the phrase 'I am not afraid!' Maybe it's the best phrase we can say, other than 'I have everything I need.' Maybe they are the same. [p. 14]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f28/sylvia-boorstein-7241_fear_i-love-the-phrase-i-am-not-afraid-maybe_356864.jpg)
![“... Fear doesn't frighten me as much as it used to. I know it's from clinging, and I know it will pass [p. 29].” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/df7/sylvia-boorstein-7241_fear_fear-doesn-t-frighten-me-as-much-as-it-u_1402280.jpg)
![“... the delicacy, the impermanence, the emptiness of mind states. Just like the weather, they blow in and out. Good mood. Bad mood. Tranquil mood. Frazzled mood [p. 105].” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/195/sylvia-boorstein-7241_bad-mood_the-delicacy-the-impermanence-the-emptin_638097.jpg)
![“... every single act we do has the potential of causing pain, and every single thing we do has consequences that echo way beyond what we can imagine. It doesn't mean we shouldn't act. It means we should act carefully. Everything matters [p. 41].” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5ab/sylvia-boorstein-7241_quote_every-single-act-we-do-has-the-potential_75621.jpg)
![“Right Understanding means feeling terrible, remembering pain is finite, and taking some solace from that remembering. And, when things are pleasant, even splendidly pleasant, remembering impermanence doesn't diminish the experience--it enhances it [p. 33]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/adf/sylvia-boorstein-7241_feeling-terrible_right-understanding-means-feeling-terrib_876750.jpg)
![“... life is difficult and painful, just by its very nature, not because we're doing it wrong [pp. 17-18].” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c2a/sylvia-boorstein-7241_life_life-is-difficult-and-painful-just-by-it_369102.jpg)
![“It is possible to cultivate a mind so spacious that it can be passionate and awake and responsive and involved and care about things, and noty struggle [p. 23]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5bc/sylvia-boorstein-7241_psychology_it-is-possible-to-cultivate-a-mind-so-sp_556892.jpg)
![“They were struggling and often in quite a lot of pain and concern, but still, they were all right. I thought to myself as I looked around, 'What we're all doing is we're all managing gracefully.' [p.5]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c21/sylvia-boorstein-7241_aging-gracefully_they-were-struggling-and-often-in-quite_1371400.jpg)
