“... 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
“Perhaps... these days of less sunlight are opportunities for more contemplative time, more looking deeply to see what can only be seen… — Sylvia Boorstein Contemplation Copy Share Image
“... change and loss and sadness and grief are the shared lot of all human beings ... we are all making our… — Sylvia Boorstein Change 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
“Everything is always changing. "There is a cause-and-effect lawfulness that governs all unfolding experience. "What I do matters, but I am not… — Sylvia Boorstein Beyond my control 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
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
“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
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
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
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
“If I can't see around my personal story, I'll have no way to see sit in context: This is one event in… — Sylvia Boorstein Life Copy Share Image
“... if anger arises in the mind in response to an outside event, it's helpful to look for either the saddening or… — Sylvia Boorstein Anger 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
Concentration and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion… — Sylvia Boorstein Action Copy Share Image
“Becoming aware of fragility, of temporality, of the fact that we will surely all be lost to one another, sooner or later,… — Sylvia Boorstein Fragility Copy Share Image
“Essentially, he taught that it doesn’t make sense to upset ourselves about what is beyond our control. We don’t get a choice… — Sylvia Boorstein Choice 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
“... 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
When we are relaxed and reasonable content, we are naturally wise. We accept that life is unpredictable, unreliable. We say jokingly or… — Sylvia Boorstein Accepting Copy Share Image
The Buhha was a monastic, but the practice of mindfulness in the context of any lifestyle is one of renunciation. Every moment… — Sylvia Boorstein Attachment Copy Share Image
“... the moment in which the mind acknowledge 'This isn't what I wanted, but it's what I got' is the point at… — Sylvia Boorstein Psychology 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 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
“Sadness isn't a kilesha , a habit pattern evoked by challenge. Sadness is what the mind feels when it is bereaved or… — Sylvia Boorstein Habits Copy Share Image
Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is. — Sylvia Boorstein Demand Copy Share Image
“May I meet this moment fully. May I meet it as a friend.” — Sylvia Boorstein Friendship Copy Share Image
The prohibition of L'shon Hara is the Jewish equivalent of the Buddhist practice of Right Speech. — Sylvia Boorstein Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness, the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience, is at the heart of what the Buddha taught.” — Sylvia Boorstein Buddha Copy Share Image
“Safely connected to my life, and reassured of my essential goodness, I feel at ease, at home, really in the most sublime… — Sylvia Boorstein Life Copy Share Image
Steadfast benevolence, sustained by the wisdom that anything other than benevolence is painful, protects the mind from all afflictions. — Sylvia Boorstein Affliction Copy Share Image
The responses of friendliness, compassion, and appreciation that I felt ...--all situational permutations of basic goodwill--depended on my mind's being relaxed and… — Sylvia Boorstein Appreciation Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated that that. It is opening to or recieving… — Sylvia Boorstein Acceptance Copy Share Image
![“... 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)
![“... change and loss and sadness and grief are the shared lot of all human beings ... we are all making our way from one end of life to the other hoping--for whatever intervals of time we can manage it--to feel safe and content and strong and at ease. [p.40]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d33/sylvia-boorstein-7241_change_change-and-loss-and-sadness-and-grief-ar_2285293.jpg)
![“Everything is always changing. "There is a cause-and-effect lawfulness that governs all unfolding experience. "What I do matters, but I am not in charge. Suffering results from struggling with what is beyond my control. [pp. 27-28]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c97/sylvia-boorstein-7241_beyond-my-control_everything-is-always-changing-there-is-a_2155573.jpg)
![“If I can't see around my personal story, I'll have no way to see sit in context: This is one event in a life of events. It is whatever it is, but it is temporal. The pain is terrible, but it won't last. I can manage it. or this joy is incredible, but it won't last. Celebrate it now! [pp. 104-105]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ae4/sylvia-boorstein-7241_life_if-i-can-t-see-around-my-personal-story_1639855.jpg)
![“Becoming aware of fragility, of temporality, of the fact that we will surely all be lost to one another, sooner or later, mandates a clear imperative to be totally kind and loving to each other always [p.119].” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/22e/sylvia-boorstein-7241_love_becoming-aware-of-fragility-of-temporali_1250618.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)
![“... freedom of choice is possible. Life is going to unfold however it does: pleasant or unpleasant, disappointing or thrilling, expected or unexpected, all of the above! What a relief it would be to know that whatever wave comes along, we can ride it out with grace [p. 35].” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/340/sylvia-boorstein-7241_choice_freedom-of-choice-is-possible-life-is-go_122468.jpg)
![“Safely connected to my life, and reassured of my essential goodness, I feel at ease, at home, really in the most sublime of homes. [p. 58]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1a5/sylvia-boorstein-7241_life_safely-connected-to-my-life-and-reassure_2016161.jpg)
![“The responses of friendliness, compassion, and appreciation that I felt ...--all situational permutations of basic goodwill--depended on my mind's being relaxed and alert enough to notice both what was happening around me and what was happening as my internal response. [p.50]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/42a/sylvia-boorstein-7241_appreciation_the-responses-of-friendliness-compassion_3006634.jpg)
