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When we take the one seat on our meditation cushion we become our own monastery. we create the compassionate space that allows for the arising of all things: sorrows, loneliness, shame, desire, regret, frustration, happiness.
-Jack Kornfield
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When We Take The One Seat On

Jack Kornfield
When we take the one seat on our meditation cushion we become our own monastery. we create the compassionate space that allows for the arising of all things: sorrows, loneliness, shame, desire, regret, frustration, happiness.
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