“Taoists do not look upon meditation as 'practice,' except in the sense that a doctor 'practices' medicine. They have no design to… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
I feel like someone who's meditating could possibly benefit their meditation practice and their well-being just by sitting down and thinking about… — Moby Copy Share Image
Meditation gives us peace of mind without a tranquilizer. And unlike a tranquilizer, the peace of mind that we get from meditation… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It dissolves mental tensions… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
I've always said that lovingkindness and compassion are inevitably woven throughout meditation practice even if the words are never used or implied,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
They wanted to preserve and protect the mystical knowledge gained from their meditation practices and pass it on to future civilizations they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation provides a way of learning how to let go. As we sit, the self we've been trying to construct and make… — John Welwood Copy Share Image
There are many different aspects to a formal meditation practice. But the real meditation practice is how you interface with life from… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
To understand the totality of this extraordinary thing called life, one must obviously not be too definite about these things. One cannot… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
There are many good forms of meditation practice. A good meditation practice is any one that develops awareness or mindfulness of our… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary times, to be of present, nothing-but-the-present,… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
I can spend years studying and being in therapy and having a very analytic spiritual meditation practice, but without the emotional component,… — Moby Copy Share Image
There is a true Buddha in family life; there is a real Tao in everyday activities. If people can be sincere and… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Meditation is a practice that is considered mainstream: The NFL uses it, the NBA uses it, heart patients use it. It's very… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
“To deepen his meditation practice, Mr. Keledjian took a 10-day retreat of guided meditation in complete silence at the Southwest Vipassana Meditation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As you go into light for longer and longer periods, as you progress in your meditation practice, you transform, you become illumined,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It feels good. Kinda like when you have to shut your computer down, just sometimes when it goes crazy, you just shut… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
“So when we make contact with the domain of being in the meditation practice, we are already, in a profound sense, beyond… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When you meditate, don't think about what is happening. Rather, let your awareness be seated in the tender warmth you feel in… — Gil Fronsdal Copy Share Image
“This is what breath meditation is about: watching your breath, straying off, realizing it, and gently returning. Over and over again. Like… — Victor Davich Copy Share Image
Meditation is a practice of detaching and then stopping ourselves from thinking; our thoughts are interruptions in the flow of awareness. Consciousness,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
