meditation is not supposed to be the fabrication or the reinforcement of some particular state, but simply the cultivation of the awareness of whatever is arising in the mind. — Thrangu Rinpoche
Meditation is listening to the divine within — Edgar Cayce
Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body. — Deepak Chopra
There is only one meditation - the rigorous refusal to harbor thoughts. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions,
that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings. — Tenzin Palmo
We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation. — Raul Julia
Solve all your problems through meditation. — Lahiri Mahasaya
Meditation is the key to unlocking your full potential. — Wim Hof
Meditation is the soul's perspective glass. — Owen Feltham
Meditation is the most effective form of relaxation. It not only relaxes the body and mind but also feeds them with vital energy, peace and happiness. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by. — Ajahn Chah
Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness. — Hakuin Ekaku
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. — Atisa
Buddhism teaches you to embrace change. — Koo Stark
Short Buddhist Meditation Quotes
Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought. — Stephen Levine
Meditation stills the wandering mind and establishes us forever in a state of peace. — Swami Muktananda
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either. — Bodhidharma
Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind. — Naval Ravikant
Prayer is when you talk to god, meditation is when god talks to you.
Buddhist Quotes
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha
Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. — Dalai Lama
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. — Marie Curie
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. — Dogen
Every civilization:
Hindu, Buddhist, Confucianist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim, all of them understood that LEARNING was to make a BETTER HUMAN BEING, LEARNING was NOT to MAKE MORE MONEY;
It was to make a BETTER HUMAN BEING. — Hamza Yusuf
Everything you need, your courage, strength, compassion and love; everything you need is already within you.
We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what is painful, to make solid what is fluid, to make permanent what is always changing. — Sakyong Mipham
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good. — Shantideva
Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life. — Dogen
Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. — Confucius
What Is Meditation Quotes
I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom.
It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes,
deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. — Marcus Aurelius
Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non vegetarian — Guru Nanak
Smile, laughter and meditation are all privileges of human life.
If you know how to keep yourself pleasant within, irrespective of what is happening around you, Ultimate Liberation cannot be denied to you. — Jaggi Vasudev
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi
It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters. — Amit Ray
If ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water with with air.
What is this true meditation? It is to make everything: coughing, swallowing, waving the arms, motion, stillness, words, action, the evil and the good, prosperity and shame, gain and loss, right and wrong, into one single koan. — Hakuin Ekaku
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. - Buddha No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. — Buddha
Don't hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the start, is beyond thought, so that no matter what, you never get involved with thoughts. Illuminate original mind, and no other understanding is necessary. — Bankei Yotaku
Thoughts are impediments to seeing your deepest nature.
Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are.
That ocean of eternal peace is you.
What is the difficulty that we suffer from?
It is that we seek peace elsewhere and do not experience that we are peace incarnate itself. — H. W. L. Poonja
Mindfulness Meditation Quotes
Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. — Buddha
Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed. — Saint Francis de Sales
As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the impurities of the attributes of delusion, attachment and purity through meditation and attains Reality. — Adi Shankara
Curb your senses and your mind and see the Lord within your heart. — Adi Shankara
Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. — Mother Teresa
Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself. — Jaggi Vasudev
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. — Bruce Lee
Music without words means
leaving behind the mind.
And leaving behind the mind
is meditation.
Meditation returns you
to the source.
And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform. — Pythagoras
Meditation Practice Quotes
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. — Dalai Lama
With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts. — Mary Pipher
I believe that if people would learn to use LSD's vision-inducing capability more wisely, under suitable conditions, in medical practice and in conjunction with meditation, then in the future this problem child could become a wonderchild. — Albert Hofmann
If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation — Dalai Lama
Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that's not the point. It's developing a friendly attitude to ourselves, accepting the hidden neurosis coming through. — Chogyam Trungpa
Nowadays, the practice of yoga stops with just asanas. Very few even attempt dharana and dhyana (deeper meditation) with seriousness. There is a need to search once more and reestablish the practice and value of yoga in modern times. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
All your experiences, all your meditations, all your prayer, all that you do, is self-centred. It is strengthening the self, adding momentum, gathering momentum, so it is taking you in the opposite direction. Whatever you do to be free from the self also is a self-centred activity. — U.G. Krishnamurti
By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Buddhist Life Quotes
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality. — Dalai Lama
One moment can change a day, One day can change a life and One life can change the world — Buddha
If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path. — Buddha
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. — A. A. Milne
This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart. — Sakyong Mipham
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion. — Nhat Hanh
He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings. — Buddha
Realization is not knowledge about the universe, but the living experience of the nature of the universe. Until we have such living experience, we remain dependent on examples, and subject to their limits. — Namkhai Norbu
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Meditation Life Quotes
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? — Dogen
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule. — Milarepa
Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master's use. — George Muller
Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself. — Sivananda
The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body - to feel it at all times. This will rapidly deepen and transform your life. The more consciousness you direct into the inner body, the higher its vibrational frequency becomes. — Eckhart Tolle
We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur. — Russell Simmons
Move, but don't move the way fear makes you move. — Rumi
Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind. — Swami Muktananda
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. — Paulo Coelho
The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization. — Luther Standing Bear
Buddhism Quotes
Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future? Remain in the simplicity of the present moment. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. — Pema Chodron
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true. — Buddha
On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more! — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them? — Buddha
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. — Buddha
Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. — Shunryu Suzuki
Learn to be happy in any and all circumstances, whether you're experiencing pleasure or pain, whether there's loss or gain, whether the world loves you or hates you. Learn to be happy. — Frederick Lenz
Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
I've tried Buddhism, Scientology, Numerology, Transcendental Meditation, Qabbala, t'ai chi, feng shui and Deepak Chopra but I find straight gin works best. — Phyllis Diller
Meditation Mind Quotes
It is not the world that needs peace, it is people. When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace. — Prem Rawat
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day — Deepak Chopra
The mind of one who practises doesn't run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all. The meditator simply knows them, they don't enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer. — Ajahn Chah
If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear. — Buddha
In horror of death, I took to the mountains - again and again I meditated on the uncertainty of the hour of death, capturing the fortress of the deathless unending nature of mind. Now all fear of death is over and done. — Milarepa
Dance is active meditation. When we dance, we go beyond thought, beyond mind and beyond our individuality to become one in the divine ecstasy of the union with the cosmic spirit. This is the essence of the trance dance experience. — Goa Gil
You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too. — Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal.... But don't approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain. — K. Pattabhi Jois
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment. — Nhat Hanh
When we meditate regularly, we view our stresses and problems with a lot more clarity. With practice, we become detached observers. We start to understand that there's a lot of self-generated noise that exists entirely in our own minds. — Rangan Chatterjee
Deep Meditation Quotes
All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others. — Milarepa
I started Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since. Twice a day, every day. It has given me effortless access to unlimited reserves of energy, creativity and happiness deep within. — David Lynch
When in bed, meditate. Either you will have a deep meditation or fall asleep. Victory either way. — Naval Ravikant
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. — Dean Koontz
Stillness is our most intense mode of action. It is in our moments of deep quiet that is born every idea, emotion, and drive which we eventually honor with the name of action. We reach highest in meditation, and farthest in prayer. In stillness every human being is great. — Leonard Bernstein
Eat plants, sleep well, train hard, work harder, meditate hardest, believe in yourself, give in service, and most of all love deep & wide. — Rich Roll
Everything that is meant for you will feel like a deep exhale, as though you are returning home to a place you forgot existed. — Brianna Wiest
True love, in the evolutionary sense, means peace of mind. ‘Still waters run deep’ is a good way of characterizing it. — Amir Levine
The good life is one that is characterized by a deep and abiding sense of love and connection to others. — Martha C. Nussbaum
That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds. — Paul Brunton
Meditation And Yoga Quotes
You are only as young as your spine is flexible. — Joseph Pilates
When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy. — Dalai Lama
Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself. — Paramahansa Yogananda
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in. — B.K.S. Iyengar
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga. — Sivananda
In truth, it matters less what we do in practice than how we do it and why we do it. The same posture, the same sequence, the same meditation with a different intention takes on an entirely new meaning and will have entirely different outcomes. — Donna Farhi
All that is necessary to awaken to yourself as the radiant emptiness of spirit
is to stop seeking something more or better or different,
and to turn your attention inward to the awake silence that you are. — Adyashanti
Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked. — Patanjali
Simply notice that you're aware. At any given moment, you can choose to follow the chain of thoughts, emotions, and sensations that reinforce a perception of yourself as vulnerable and limited, or to remember that your true nature is pure, unconditioned, and incapable of being harmed. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Healthy attachment doesn’t mean losing yourself in someone else; it’s about finding a balance between closeness and individuality. — Amir Levine
Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. — Ajahn Chah
I'm expressin' with my full capabilities,
And now I'm livin in correctional facilities.
Cause some don't agree with how I do this,
I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist. — Dr. Dre
The basic nature of all conscious beings is 'self-existing wakefulness'.
Self-existing meaning spontaneous or without effort and wakefulness meaning natural awareness.
To ignore our basic nature, is to wander in fear and confusion,
to directly realise our essential nature is to be Enlightened. — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind. — Sakyong Mipham
Mind is everything. What we think, we become. — Buddha
If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it! — Taisen Deshimaru
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine. — Buddha
After a few years of meditation practice we can even learn how to occasionally ignore ourselves. And what relief that can be! — Wes Nisker
If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate. — Ajahn Chah
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. — Buddha
Buddhist meditation doen't necessarily mean sitting cross-legged with your eyes closed. Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world as you go about your business - walking, talking, shopping, whatever - can be a really perfect meditation and bring a perfect result. — Thubten Yeshe
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. — Buddha
Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker. — Buddha
Sitting still is a pain in the ass. — Noah Levine
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker. — Buddha
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. — Buddha
The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking, for cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination. What needs to be stopped is conceptualisation that is compulsive, mechanical and unintelligent, that is, activity that is always fatiguing, usually pointless, and at times seriously harmful. — B. Alan Wallace
Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice in Buddhist meditation. — Nhat Hanh
In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation. — Buddha
Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme. — Buddha
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. — Shunryu Suzuki
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21) — Nhat Hanh
Meditation helps me feel the shape, the texture of my inner life. Here, in the quiet, I can begin to taste what Buddhists would call my true nature, what Jews call the still, small voice, what Christians call the holy spirit. — Wayne Muller
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes. — Buddha
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law. — Buddha
The best part of all is that no matter how long you practice, or what method you use, every technique of Buddhist meditation ultimately generates compassion. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. With mindfulness, we know what to do and what not to do to help. — Nhat Hanh
The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently. — Pema Chodron
Buddhist monks have known for centuries that meditation can change the mind. Now we are inspired by His Holiness to examine with our technology the precise brain changes that occur with practice... The unique collaboration on meditation is just beginning. — Richard Davidson
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. — Buddha
Mindfulness is Buddha's word for meditation. By mindfulness he means: you should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain present. Not a single thing should be done in a sort of sleepy state of mind. You should not move like a somnambulist, you should move with a sharp consciousness. — Osho
What's encouraging about meditation is that, even if we shut down, we can no longer shut down in ignorance. We see very clearly that we're closing off. That in itself begins to illuminate the darkness of ignorance. — Pema Chodron
Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate. — Sivananda
There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still. — Akkineni Nagarjuna
Another of the things I started to do during this time was what Buddhists normally call "meditation" or, in Christian terms, "contemplative prayer". It began to supersede deipnosophy as my favorite hobby. — Sara Maitland
One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while and listen. For one minute, listen to the sounds close to you. For one minute, listen to the sounds at a distance. Just listen attentively. — Pema Chodron
We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives. — Pema Chodron
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? — Buddha
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