"Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are……" — Jack Kornfield

"Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind."

— Jack Kornfield

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214 Quotes by Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield has 214 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The trouble is that you think you have time.
Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than…
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
It only take a few minutes of meditation to directly realize we are a river of sensations, feelings, thoughts, perceptions.…
At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to…
The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant…
We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple,…
We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most…
Great spiritual traditions are used as a means to ripen us, to bring us face to face with our life,…
We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful. — David Bailey
I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.' — Alan Ball
I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist. — Alan Ball
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an… — Edward de Bono
I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do… — David Bowie
I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town. — Cher
I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew,… — Maya Angelou
I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the… — Sulak Sivaraksa
Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to… — Nhat Hanh
Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That's why… — Hsuan Hua

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