"To begin to meditate is to look into……" — Jack Kornfield
"To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free."
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214 Quotes by Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield has 214 quotes on this site.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to…
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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant…
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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple,…
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We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most…
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Great spiritual traditions are used as a means to ripen us, to bring us face to face with our life,…
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We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.
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