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Mindfulness Buddhism Quotes

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Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable. Without calmness, the mirror of mindfulness will have an agitated and choppy surface and will not be able to reflect things with any accuracy.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Ajahn Chah
“Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.”
Ajahn Chah, On Meditation

Dawn Downey
“I was unprepared for the firsthand experience of mindfulness. The way that awareness … revealed a sense of well-being right there in the heat of my emotions.”
Dawn Downey, Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation

Thich Nhat Hanh
“Making an effort at the wrong time or place dissipates our energy.”
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation