"The central premise of this book is that……" — Mark Epstein

The central premise of this book is that the Western psychological notion… - Mark Epstein

"The central premise of this book is that the Western psychological notion of what it means to have a self is flawed."

— Mark Epstein

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26 Quotes by Mark Epstein

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Uncovering your real desires can be terrifying. It can also set you spectacularly free.
While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work…
Buddhism teaches us that happiness does not come from any kind of acquisitiveness, be it material or psychological. Happiness comes…
When we seek happiness through accumulation, either outside of ourselves-from other people, relationships, or material goods-or from our own self-development,…
Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame, or clinging, it can show us something…
If things do not exist as fixed, independent entities, then how can they die? Our notion of death as the…
To be free, to come to terms with our lives, we have to have a direct experience of ourselves as…
To free desire from the tendency to cling, we have to be willing to stumble over ourselves.
In building a path through the self to the far shore of awareness, we have to carefully pick our way…
The picture we present to ourselves of who we think we ought to be obscures who we really are.
Depressed people think they know themselves, but maybe they only know depression.
We are looking for a way to feel more real, but we do not realize that to feel more real…

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