132 Powerful Tara Brach Quotes to Inspire You
61. “The Buddha never intended to make desire itself the problem. When he said craving causes suffering, he was referring not to our natural inclination as living beings to have wants and needs, but to our habit of clinging to experience that must, by nature, pass away.”
Tara Brach 
Desire, Suffering, Mindfulness, Acceptance, Wisdom
65. “Is there anything I can do to make myself enlightened? As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning. Then of what use are the spiritual exercises you prescribe? To make sure you are not asleep when the sun begins to rise.”
Tara Brach Enlightenment, Wisdom, Awareness, Spirituality, Awakening
68. “What would it be like if, right in the midst of this busyness, we were to consciously take our hands off the controls? What if we were to intentionally stop our mental computations and our rushing around and, for a minute or two, simply pause and notice our inner experience?”
Tara Brach Pause, Mindfulness, Awareness, Presence, Reflection
73. “In any moment, no matter how lost we feel, we can take refuge in presence and love. We need only pause, breathe, and open to the experience of aliveness within us. In that wakeful openness, we come home to the peace and freedom of our natural awareness.”
Tara Brach Presence, Love, Refuge, Peace, Freedom
