Khanti

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"Life isn’t just suffering. Life has suffering in it, but the problem isn’t life, the problem is the activities of the mind. Knowing that fact gives you focus. This is why we focus on the breath as we meditate, because the breath is very close to the mind. As you get to know your breath better, you get to know your mind better, in a way that allows you to see: This is where you’re adding that unnecessary suffering and this is how you can stop."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "The Brightness of Life"

The Brightness of Life | dhammatalks.org Those first four reflections that we chanted just now—we’re subject to aging, illness, death, these things are unavoidable, we haven’t gone beyond these things; we’re subject to separation from all the things that we love: These reflections seem to confirm the statement that you often hear a...