C Keith

“The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness.”
― Gil Fronsdal

“When we speak of the sangha, we speak of the "arya sangha," which means the "exalted sangha". At the time of the Buddha this referred to the arhats and bodhisattvas, the disciples who studied under him and achieved various levels of realization through their practice. But now who is the arya sangha? It is all of us, all of the practitioners of the present time. The moment we take refuge, which is to begin on the path, we hold the title of "sangha". As such, you should understand that you are one of the Three Jewels. You shouldn't put the Three Jewels outside of yourselves; you should always think of yourselves as being one of the Three Jewels—and that includes your body, your speech, and your mind.”
― Dhomang Yangthang, The Union of Dzogchen and Mahamudra