Sharon Salzberg Quotes About Concentration

Quotes about: Concentration

• The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or a feeling, not because we are afraid of it or because we can’t bear to acknowledge it as a part of our experience; but, because it is UNNECESSARY.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Letting Go, Art, Feelings

  Sharon Salzberg (1999). “A Heart as Wide as the World”, p.20, Shambhala Publications

• Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we have few, if any, thoughts. But other times, we can be flooded with memories, plans or random thinking. It's important not to blame yourself.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Strong, Memories, Thinking

• Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Energy, Waste, Distraction

  Sharon Salzberg (2013). “Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace”, p.43, Workman Publishing

• We apply our effort to be mindful, to be aware in this very moment, right here and now, and we bring a very wholehearted effort to it. This brings concentration. It is this power of concentration that we use to cut through the world of surface appearances to get to a much deeper reality.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Cutting, Reality, Effort

  "The Buddha’s Five Protections - Part 2" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2010.

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