Neurodharma Quotes

“when you know that your practices are actually changing your brain, you’re more likely to keep doing them.”
― Rick Hanson, Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness

“On the long, rough road, the sun and the moon will continue to shine. Thich Nhat Hanh”
― Rick Hanson, Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness

“And no matter what, love is the universal medicine. This resource helps us feel safer, more satisfied, and more connected—remarkably, whether it is flowing in or flowing out. So if all else fails, or if you don’t know where to turn or where to start, begin with love.”
― Rick Hanson, Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness

“Buddha’s Brain (Rick Hanson with Richard Mendius) The Hidden Lamp (Florence Caplow and Susan Moon, eds.) Mind in Life (Evan Thompson) Realizing Awakened Consciousness (Richard P. Boyle) Reflections on a Mountain Lake (Ani Tenzin Palmo)”
― Rick Hanson, Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness

“explore seven ways of being that are the essence of awakening • learn about their basis in your own brain • use this understanding to strengthen them in yourself.”
― Rick Hanson, Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness

“Living in the Green Zone Developing inner resources is like deepening the keel of a sailboat so that you’re more able to deal with the worldly winds—gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and blame, fame and slander—without getting tipped over into the reactive mode—or at least you can recover more quickly. With growing confidence in these capabilities, you become more comfortable raising your sights in life and sailing even farther into the deep, dark blue.”
― Rick Hanson, Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness

“This is our neuropsychological home base: to be calm, contented, and caring. No matter how disturbed by stress and sorrow, we can always come home.”
― Rick Hanson, Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness