Attachment is the very opposite of love. Love says, “I want you to be happy.” Attachment says, “I want you to make me happy.” ~ Tenzin Palmo
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October 20th Daily Meditation Moment
October 20, 2026 by Ann Perry
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October 22nd Daily Meditation Moment
October 22, 2025 by Ann Perry
Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace. ~ Bhagavad Gita
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July 29th Daily Meditation Moment
July 29, 2022 by Ann Perry
What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.
~Sogyal Rinpoche
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June 7th Daily Meditation Moment
June 7, 2021 by Ann Perry
What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones. ~ Sogyal Rinpoche
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November 24th Daily Meditation Moment
November 24, 2020 by Ann Perry
You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom. ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
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