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| Perhaps the best way to understand what mindfulness is, from a classical Buddhist perspective, is to recognize some of the things it is not.
Mindfulness does not just mean being aware or being conscious, because one is always conscious when not comatose or dead. Consciousness is the fundamental quality of mind, understood as an event that occurs rather than a thing that exists. As such, it is always present when any kind of experience takes place. If mindfulness meant to be aware, then we would always be mindful, automatically, in all circumstances. – Andrew Olendzki, Lion’s Roar |
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| Loving-kindness And Compassion Are The Basis For Action |
 Sharon Salzberg is one of the founders of Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her teachings on loving-kindness have been practiced by many people. Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, somet … |
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Words of Wisdom for January 12, 2024
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