Thanissaro

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5 total works indexed

1. What does mindfulness really mean? A canonical perspective

   · 2011 · cited 424x

2. Adding historical depth to definitions of mindfulness

   · 2019 · cited 68x

3. Mindfulness Enhances Episodic Memory Performance: Evidence from a Multimethod Investigation

   · 2016 · cited 63x

4. Effects of Mindfulness-Based Positive Behavior Support (MBPBS) Training Are Equally Beneficial for Mothers and Their Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder or With Intellectual Disabilities

   · 2019 · cited 56x

5. Meditation on the Breath: Mindfulness and Focused Attention

   · 2019 · cited 31x

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Quotes

• “In our culture ... people who don't submit to their lust are said to be repressed and have all kinds of warped beasts in the basement. So the part of the mind that thrives when it's freed from lust doesn't get a chance. It gets pushed into the corner of the basement. It becomes the repressed part.”
• “"The Interactive Present" (2002)”
• “Maybe you can't make the whole body comfortable, but make at least part of the body comfortable and stay with that part. As for the pains, let them be in the other part. They have every right to be there, so make an arrangement with them. They stay in one part, you stay in another. But the essential point is that you have a place where the mind feels stable, secure, and comfortable in the present moment. These are the beginning steps in meditation.”
• “our sense of self is an activity, a strategy for avoiding suffering, for maximizing happiness.”
• “You let go of the grosser forms of happiness, the grosser strategies for happiness, and get used to more and more refined ones. And they finally take you to the point where there’s no course left but to let go of strategies. All strategies. It’s like painting yourself into a corner. The only way to get out of the corner is not to be anywhere. When you can manage that, you see that what the Buddha taught was right. He really knew what he was talking about. This is the way to true happiness.”

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