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Meaning
The quote says that forgiveness can require speaking honestly about what happened and admitting your feelings about it. It suggests that acknowledging pain is often part of moving toward forgiveness, rather than avoiding the truth.
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Source
Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection (2017)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
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The phrase appears in the book "Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection (2017)" by Sharon Salzberg (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
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About Sharon Salzberg
author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice
Sharon Salzberg is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West. She co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, in 1974 with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her work centers on vipassanā, or insight, and mettā, or loving-kindness, and she has led meditation retreats around the world for several decades. She is known for writing and teaching in that tradition, with an emphasis on practice and attention to the mind.
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