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Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters QUOTES

Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters QUOTES

1 " The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to. "

― Jack Kornfield , Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters

2 " Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, he who conquers himself is the greatest warrior. "

― Jack Kornfield , Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters

3 " Be rigorously mindful of the awareness of touch. We should be rigorously, ardently, intensively mindful. Do not rest when tired, scratch when itched, nor shift when cramped. We should keep our bodies and minds absolutely still and strive till the end. The uncomfortable truly is the norm; the comfortable will set us adrift on the current of illusion. "

― Jack Kornfield , Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters

4 " Do not scratch when itched, nor shift when cramped, nor pause when tired. "

― Jack Kornfield , Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters

5 " Escape from delusion is not achieved through reflective, considerate, relaxed effort. It is achieved only through the most powerful and sustained thrust of all the physical and mental capabilities at the meditator’s command. Sunlun calls for just this. "

― Jack Kornfield , Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters

6 " if a yogi is so well blessed with karma to be one who can tread the pleasant path, one who can gain wisdom without undergoing pain, then he can work on pleasant sensation. But for the overwhelming majority of us, as may be observed, there is no choice but to tread the path of unpleasant sensation, for we are not blessed with such karma. "

― Jack Kornfield , Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters

7 " Before his death the Buddha asked his disciples to follow the Dharma, not any teacher or tradition. He put no one over the community of monks and nuns. The Dharma was to guide them. So for us, there is no blind belief or blind faith in Buddhism. We simply believe enough in the possibility of liberation and we are wise enough to see the suffering in our existence to have the faith to begin practice. "

― Jack Kornfield , Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters