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Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.

Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.
– Sharon Salzberg

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  2. Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence. – Sharon Salzberg
  3. When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life. – Sharon Salzberg
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  9. Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively. – Sharon Salzberg
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  24. So often, fear keeps us from being able to say yes to love-”perhaps our greatest challenge as human beings. – Sharon Salzberg
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  35. Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord. – George RR Martin
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