Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
“A willingness to embrace and work with what is lies at the core of all meditation practice.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Have no age, transcend both past and future, and enter into the eternal present. — H. E Davey Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is the capacity to shine the light of awareness onto what’s going on here and now. Mindfulness is the heart of… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought. — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
If you have time to breathe you have time to meditate. You breathe when you walk. You breathe when you stand. You… — Ajahn Amaro Copy Share Image
As you expand your meditation practice, in concert with your faith, you will find that these divine moments come more often, until… — James Finley Copy Share Image
The trick to keeping your meditation practice alive, not simply consistent but wonderful, is you need to bring a certain will or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“One exceptional morning, the Dalai Lama even introduced the Archbishop to his meditation practice in his private residence, and the Archbishop gave… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Be mindful, which is more of a passive meditation practice. It is passive when you are active. Then there is active meditation,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A lot of people have realized that a good spiritual practice and a good meditation practice have real benefit. It’s not just… — Moby Copy Share Image
Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that's not the point. It's developing… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I spent so much of my life reading about spirituality and reading about neuroscience and trying different meditation practices. It's a really… — Moby Copy Share Image
To observe and watch one's own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns.… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Sleep is critical to me... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
When we let go of wanting something else to happen in this moment, we are taking a profound step toward being able… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I have done a fair bit of meditation practice, but I think through climbing it's definitely an easier way for me to… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
“In each moment, things simply are as they are, whether “I” like it or not. That understanding is not something to be… — Robert Saltzman Copy Share Image
As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“One of the beautiful things about Buddhism is that it does not worship Buddha as a god or deity, but instead celebrates… — Lodro Rinzler Copy Share Image
“The essence of meditation practice in Dzogchen is encapsulated by these four points: ▪ When one past thought has ceased and a… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“From the perspective of the consciousness disciplines, our ordinary state of waking consciousness is severely suboptimal. Rather than contradicting the Western paradigm,… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“CORE MEDITATION: Breathing This classic meditation can deepen concentration by teaching us to focus on the “in breath” and the “out breath.”… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“For a perfect yogī, there are eight kinds of superachievements: one can become lighter than air, one can become smaller than the… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
“Pain is what we get when we are consumed by the fire of anger. We need to balance that with love. Meditation… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“Dream Meditation Practices are best performed in an isolated (close to nature) chamber that is clean and dry. Diet should be modified… — Mantak Chia Copy Share Image
“Don’t let us take doubts with exaggerated seriousness nor let them grow out of proportion, or become black-and-white or fanatical about them.… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
