Thomas Vodrazka
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Zen is for poets, Tibetan is for artists, and Vipassana is for psychologists.
“the conscious self doesn’t create thoughts; it receives them.”
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
“Knowledge can be borrowed, but you can’t borrow understanding. Once you reach a conclusion derived from your thinking, it is called a realisation. And once you realise something, your perception changes about it once and for all. And that perception remains locked down until another realisation impacts it—that’s the process of learning and growing.”
― The Rudest Book Ever
― The Rudest Book Ever
“imagine that every thought that’s arising in your mind is coming from the person next to you.”
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
“Every thought has a propellant, and that propellant is emotional.”
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
“Let me see if I have this right. During meditation, you can begin to see that… whereas you might have thought all your life that you’re thinking thoughts—the thing you think of as ‘you’ is thinking thoughts—it’s closer to being the case that the thoughts try to capture you, the thing you think of as ‘you.’ ” “Right.”
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
― Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
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