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Phillip Moffitt
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C.G. Jung, T.S. Eliot, Sakyamuni Buddha, The Venerable Ajahn Sumedho
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November 2010
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How Suffering Got a Bad Name
In my role as a Buddhist meditation teacher, I’ve observed a phenomenon that I call the “stigma of suffering syndrome” among many beginning students. They are uneasy with the fact that their lives contain suffering; therefore, they are ineffective in coping with whatever difficulties and disappointments arise. For such individuals to admit to suffering would mean defeat, humiliation, or shame beca
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“When you treat your time as though you are a machine; a doing machine; you are committing violence against the sacredness of life itself.”
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“Surround yourself with reminders of what you are doing, such as objects or photographs of places or persons that symbolize your desired change.”
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“A deep acceptance of life “just as it is” allows you to be more fully present in your life moment by moment, no matter how difficult or how sweet it is, and it empowers you to act more from your deepest values. Regardless of the circumstances of your life at any given time, your experience is richer, more alive.”
― Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
― Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
