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Jon Kabat-Zinn has 109 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so…
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As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill or how…
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold…
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Non-doing has nothing to do with being indolent or passive. Quite the contrary. It takes great courage and energy to cultivate non-doing,…
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Mindfulness meditation is the embrace of any and all mind states in awareness, without preferring one to another.
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No one can listen to your body for you... To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it…
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When people say "Let it go," what they really mean is "Get over it," and that's not a helpful thing to say.…
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It is remarkable how liberating it feels to be able to see that your thoughts are just thoughts and that they are…
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Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then…
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Meditation means learning how to get out of this current, sit by its bank and listen to it, learn from it, and…
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Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.
— John Bradshaw
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When Zen masters say `effortlessness` they are referring to the state when your enlightenment is well rooted. Now there is no need…
— Rajneesh
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It’s interesting to look at your children as line-in Zen masters who can put their finger on places where you’re resistant, or…
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
— Dogen
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If we had the consciousness of a cat or a dog, we would have it in us to become perfect Zen masters.…
— Eric Maisel
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As the Japanese Zen masters say, “Don't seek the truth; just drop your opinions”. Drop your theories; don't seek the truth.
— Anthony de Mello
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The Zen masters have the right idea-no pain no gain: thwack a silly nebbish and he'll remember it far longer and more…
— Kenny Smith
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The samurais were very interested in Zen because they admired the tremendous precision that the Zen Masters had, their lack of fear…
— Frederick Lenz
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You have to begin to develop a repertory of jokes, multi-plane spiritual jokes, the sort of things the Zen masters tell each…
— Frederick Lenz
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How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!
— Brad Warner
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Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.
— Eckhart Tolle
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