Practice Quote by Jack Kornfield

“Through practice, gently and gradually we can collect ourselves and learn how to be more fully with what we do.”

Jack Kornfield

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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.

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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.

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To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit.

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As we step out of the way new things are born.

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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.

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