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The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in.

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The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in.

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About Sylvia Boorstein

Sylvia Boorstein is an American author, psychotherapist, and Buddhist teacher.
Boorstein studied with Dipa Ma and is a co-founding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. She is also a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.