To sense which gifts to accept which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.
Sharon SalzbergIt is taught, we too can be enlightened, every one of us. We can be completely freed from the bonds of limitation and conditioned confusion through our own endeavor, inspiration, effort and development. There is a path, and we can traverse it.
Sharon SalzbergThe most common response I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is, "I'm so stressed out. I could use some of that!" A response I also sometimes hear, which amuses me a lot is, "My partner should really meet you!"
Sharon SalzbergIn those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
Sharon SalzbergVulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
Sharon SalzbergThings don't just happen in this world of arising and passing away. We don't live in some kind of crazy, accidental universe. Things happen according to certain laws, laws of nature. Laws such as the law of karma, which teaches us that as a certain seed gets planted, so will that fruit be.
Sharon Salzberg