Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness Quotes

“All wholesome words, deeds, and thoughts have mindfulness as their root.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“If you are resentful, that is your own shortcoming, no matter what your partner did. Are you clinging to something? Attachment and genuine love are far apart.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“The Buddha often said, “Come and see!” He meant, come and look inside your own body and mind to see the truth, the Dhamma. You won’t find it anywhere else.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“Enlightenment is not something you wish for. It is the state that you end up in when all your wishes come to an end.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“This dynamic concentration is not the same as being “glued” to the object of meditation. That would be attachment, which would make the mind waver. Full concentration is not the mind uniting with the object; it is the mind uniting with itself. The object is merely used as a springboard into the mind. If the mind gets stuck on an object, that is not wholesome; it is concentration with attachment. Unfortunately, that is the kind of concentration some meditators practice, but it cannot bring liberation.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“Skillful Speech, the Buddha told us, has four qualities: It is always truthful. It is uplifting, not malicious or unkind. It is gentle, not crude or harsh. It is moderate, not useless or meaningless.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“When we do not cling, our mind is always at peace.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“There’s an old story about a man who wanted to cover the whole earth with leather so he could walk more comfortably. He would have found it much easier to make a pair of sandals. Similarly, instead of trying to control the world to make yourself happy, work to reduce your psychic irritants.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“In other words, happiness consists of what is not experienced. The third truth teaches us that happiness is wiping out all negative states of mind — all desire, all hatred, all ignorance.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“Any action that comes from a mind not currently filled with greed, hatred, or delusion brings happiness to the doer and to the receiver. Such an action is, therefore, skillful or right.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path

“Is this task or behavior really necessary or is it just a way to be busy?”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path