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Inspirational Quotes by Henepola Gunaratana
- The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side.
- You can only have bliss if you don't chase it.
- Pain is inevitable, suffering is not.
- The purpose of meditation is personal transformation.
- Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.
- Meditation changes your character.
- Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience.
- When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic.
- You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them.
- Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on ourselves.
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