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Sharon Salzberg

"Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition."

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"Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition."

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"Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment."
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"We cannot instantaneously force ourselves to forgive-and forgiveness happens at a different pace for everyone and is dependent on the particulars of any given situation."
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"From our first breath to our last, we're presented again and again with the opportunity to experience deep, lasting, and trans-formative connection with other beings: to love them and be loved by them; to show them our true natures and to recognize theirs."
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