Stumbling Toward the Buddha Quotes

“Acceptance. It sounds so gentle; you foolishly imagine you might try it. As if you could choose. You don’t choose. You plummet into acceptance, because the floor has collapsed beneath your feet.”
― Dawn Downey, Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation

“It was a good day to die.I was in love. The house was clean”
― Dawn Downey, Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation

“I was unprepared for the firsthand experience of mindfulness. The way that awareness … revealed a sense of well-being right there in the heat of my emotions.”
― Dawn Downey, Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation