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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
The teaching of impermanence helps us appreciate fully what is there, without attachment or forgetfulness.
Thich Nhat Hanh • The Heart Of Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy and Liberation
When things fall apart and we’re on the verge of we know not what, the test for each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.
Pema Chödrön • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
The safest and most nurturing place to begin working this way is during sitting meditation. On the cushion, we begin to get the hang of not indulging or repressing and of what it feels like to let the energy just be there. That is why it’s so good to meditate every single day and continue to make friends with our hopes and fears again and again. Th
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Its intention is not to make us weary of life, but to help us see how precious life is; not to make us pessimistic, but to help us see the impermanent nature of life so that we do not waste our life. If we have the courage to see things as they are, our meditation will have beneficial results. When we see the impermanent nature of things, we apprec
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