"If we divide into two camps--even into violent……" — Ayya Khema
"If we divide into two camps--even into violent and the nonviolent--and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of violence within ourselves. We must work on ourselves and also with those we condemn if we want to have a real impact."
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14 Quotes by Ayya Khema
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If the whole universe can be found in our own body and mind, this is where we need to make…
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As long as we have practiced neither concentration nor mindfulness, the ego takes itself for granted and remains its usual…
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The Buddha compared anger with picking up hot coals with one's bare hands and trying to throw them at the…
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Trying to achieve something in the spiritual world is just as foolish as trying to achieve something in the material…
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A truly happy person is someone who is joyfully independent of outer conditions.
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Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have…
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If we want to be loved, we are looking for a support system. If we want to love, we are…
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Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.
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The heart is always the place to go. Go home into your heart, where there is warmth, appreciation, gratitude and…
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It is often thought that the Buddha's doctrine teaches us that suffering will disappear if one has meditated long enough,…
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Whatever we attempt is a reflection of our inner thirst, which we hope to quench in all these external ways.…
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We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual…
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Always blame conditions, not men
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They always blame America first!
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People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.
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If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.
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Sometime people Intention and Action really don't match and always blame others.
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