Asish

“Here
we see how even a small degree of desire for permanency in an impermanent situation
causes pain or unhappiness. Since there is no self-entity to control this situation, we will
become more disappointed.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

“Mindfulness reminds the mediator to apply his attention to the proper object at the proper time and to exert precisely the amount of energy needed to do the job.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

“Now he knew what it was that he wanted to tell Istanbul and write on its walls. It was both his public and his private view; it was what his heart intended as much as what his words had always meant to say. He said it to himself: “I have loved Rayiha more than anything in this world.”
― Orhan Pamuk, A Strangeness in My Mind

“As your mindfulness develops, your resentment of change, your dislike of unpleasant
experiences, your greed for pleasant experiences and the notion of self hood will be
replaced by the deeper insight into impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and selflessness.
This knowledge of reality in your experience helps you to foster a more calm, peaceful
and mature attitude towards your life. You will see what you thought in the past to be
permanent is changing with such an inconceivable rapidity that even your mind cannot
keep up with these changes. Somehow you will be able to notice many of the changes.
You will see the subtlety of impermanence and the subtlety of selflessness. This insight
will show you the way to peace, happiness and give you the wisdom to handle your daily
problems in life.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English