Growth Quote by Ayya Khema

It is often thought that the Buddha's doctrine teaches us that suffering will disappear if one has meditated long enough, or if one sees…

— Ayya Khema

Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going.

— Ayya Khema

“In meditation, we have to give ourselves totally, with no holding back. Whatever meditation subject we have chosen, we must become immersed in it;”

— Ayya Khema

“The teaching of the Buddha is called the Dhamma. He did not teach Buddhism, any more than Jesus taught Christianity.”

— Ayya Khema

“There is no one creator, but there is the realm of creation.”

— Ayya Khema

“when the words we speak or write come from inner experience and are heartfelt, they are always imbued with “trembling for the welfare of…

— Ayya Khema

“Wisdom comes only from the understood experience and from nothing else.”

— Ayya Khema

We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual path. Such satisfaction with…

— Ayya Khema

Unless we practice loving feelings toward everyone we meet, day in, day out, we're missing out on the most joyous part of life. If…

— Ayya Khema

“To be in the present is actually to be in eternity.”

— Ayya Khema

the more we abandon ill-will and hatred, the easier it will be to meditate.

— Ayya Khema

Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult…

— Ayya Khema