In a single moment we can understand we are not just facing a knee pain, or our discouragement and our wishing the sitting would end, but that right in the moment of seeing that knee pain, we're able to explore the teachings of the Buddha. What does it mean to have a painful experience? What does it mean to hate it, and to fear it?
Sharon SalzbergMy ideal registration system would be an opt-out one, where every single person is registered once they turn 18. In Australia, Iโm told, everyone is registered to vote and you pay a fine if you donโt vote.
Sharon SalzbergIn those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
Sharon SalzbergTo cherish others is to cherish ourselves. To cherish ourselves is to cherish others. And in that same way, we relate to the truth. If we support it, if we embrace it, if we uphold it, we will be embraced by it, we will be supported and upheld by it.
Sharon Salzberg