Sharon Salzberg Mindfulness Quotations

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

The quality of mindfulness does not just know something is happening - e.g. there is an emotion, a sensation - but knows without clinging or condemning.

It is because of that balanced relationship to the moment that mindfulness serves as the platform for insight... if we feel an emotion, for example, and struggle against it right away, there is not going to be a lot of learning going on. In the same way, if we are swamped by that emotion, overcome by it, there won't be enough space for there to be learning or insight.

Mindfulness needs to not be judgmental to really be mindfulness, which means it needs a basis of loving kindness.

Every day seems to reveal a new piece of research about meditation, or new clinical applications of mindfulness or compassion practice, or new corporations or foundations or non-profits bringing mindfulness to work.

Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.