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All that the Tathagata has transmitted to you, you must carefully and skillfully study, observe, practice, and verify for yourselves in order to transmit it to future generations. Living and practicing the Way should continue to assure the peace, joy, and happiness of all beings.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Old Path White Clouds: The Life Story of the Buddha
late S. N. Goenka, the Burmese-born master who is to the Vipassana method what B.K.S. Iyengar is to the method of yoga that bears his name.
John Lambert • Yoga
The Buddhadharma is the path of the sugata, the “bliss-gone one,” meaning it is ultimately characterized by bliss, not pain. Therefore, the Vajrayana path of guru devotion is also painless,
Jamyang Khyentse • The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
Waking up this morning I smile. I have twenty-four hours to live. I vow to live them deeply and learn to look at the beings around me with the eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh • No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being “without anxiety about imperfection.”
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
Shinzen Young, a Vipassana teacher I studied with online, describes this as “learning to live as the wave, instead of the particle.”