“One of the great myths of meditation practice is that once it’s established, it becomes self-sustaining.
That’s rarely true.”
― G. Scott Graham, Now what? After Your Vipassana Course Is Over
tags: vipassana, vipassana-meditation
“Risk is always contextual. What’s a big deal for you might be nothing to someone else.
The real danger is assuming that because you haven’t had a problem yet, you won’t have one soon.”
― G. Scott Graham, Early Warning Signals
tags: business
“Mettā is like water softening dry ground. It takes time. What matters is your intention — the quiet willingness to offer care, even imperfectly.
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You don’t have to feel loving to practice loving-kindness.
You just have to show up.”
― G. Scott Graham, Come As You Are: Five Years Later
tags: grief-and-loss, loving-kindness, metta
“Be prepared for the insincere to scatter like cockroaches… Be prepared for those whom you thought would be there for you to not be there… And be prepared for those whom you hardly know to be there for you with complete dedication.”
― G. Scott Graham, Come As You Are: Meditation & Grief
tags: bereavement, grief-and-loss-quotes, grief-quotes
“Living the Mangala Sutta means choosing wisdom over distraction, humility over arrogance, and intention over habit.”
― G. Scott Graham, Living the Maṅgala Sutta
tags: 38-blessings, buddhist-quotes, life-design, mangala-sutta, maṅgala-sutta
“People talk about practice like it’s just a matter of willpower. If you really cared, you’d sit. If you really understood impermanence, you wouldn’t skip.
That’s bullshit.
Willpower burns out. Discipline gets interrupted. Even the best of intentions get buried under work stress, family obligations, grief, exhaustion, or just inertia.”
― G. Scott Graham, Now what? After Your Vipassana Course Is Over
tags: vipassana, vipassana-meditation