Learn to meditate, practice and don't get frustrated. It will take you years to learn to meditate perfectly. Every time you try,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Satvajaya can decondition the mind so we can see things fresh, like with the eyes of a child. Satvajaya techniques rid us… — David Frawley Copy Share Image
Now to understand the significance of chastity within us, we have to know that chastity is the foundation of all dharmas. Unless… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
You don't meditate once and suddenly your life turns around. What it does is it lets you train your brain to be… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Some people meditate because they want to get the larger picture on life. It could get kind of discouraging if this was… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As you sit in this light from week to week, you will transform and grow and develop. It washes away the samskaras,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you start meditating on your ego, on your thoughts, on your mind, you are suddenly separate, because whatsoever you meditate on,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
People who are drawn to meditation have had lots of incarnation in the world of experience, and we know the score. We… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already. The ground… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“So if we are feeling angry at someone, we sit and generate thoughts of loving-kindness towards him. We start by generating thoughts… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Silence is not always complacency. It is contemplation and forethought taking place in the minds of those who would be careful with… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Meditation is oneness, when there is no longer time, sex, or country. The moment when, after you have concentrated on doing a… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The ultimate meditation is: surrender to reality. The more you fight, the more you are in conflict with it, the more you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
So, the first thing we should introspect - are we concerned about ourselves ? All the time do we think that we… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Buddhas can take you to the boundary line of meditation and samadhi. That is the only difference between meditation and samadhi. If… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You should get completely detached about everything and you will enjoy, just enjoy. But in that also, one has to judge. Are… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“It was the study hour. Most of the monks were reading. A few were meditating, an activity that was suspiciously similar to… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Any time we find ourselves relying on the ideas of an absolute, frozen state of right and wrong—or fairness versus unfairness—that we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Frustration is out of expectation; expectation is our projection. All kinds of love frustrate unless love is based in meditation. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The best anti-aging advice I've ever received? Drink a lot of water and have a plant-based diet. I also do mindful meditation… — Carolyn Murphy Copy Share Image
As we go deeper and deeper into the world of meditation, we are able to travel along the luminous bands, just like… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
During deep meditation it is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present, and future, and then everything is… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and rests satisfied within the Self; there remains nothing… — Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
Some people are drawn to meditation without knowing why. Their inner being realizes that they've totally fouled up their life so far,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination… — Taisen Deshimaru Copy Share Image
There is no necessity for a technique or formula for meditation. Inner feeling, or inner knowing, is the silent voice of inspiration. — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
“Zen is above all a matter of personal experience. The student is asked to accept nothing the truth of which he cannot… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
The spirit is the only thing that is free within, which has no hang-ups, which has no habits, which does not stick… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
In zen, it is a cardinal sin to waste time. To waste time is to squander the here and now, which, if… — Philip Toshio Sudo Copy Share Image
“Position a meditation cushion in an area that you spend a lot of time in. Having it in a place that you… — Alexis G. Roldan Copy Share Image
“In your mindfulness practice, notice how often, without thinking, you try to manipulate, control, or exploit others—sometimes in tiny and apparently unimportant… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
At some point each day (well, most days) I unroll my mat and practice for an hour. I sit in meditation for… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I can be alone without being lonely. In fact, those times of solitude are necessary respite for a beleaguered soul, set upon… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
“Stepping out of the busyness, stopping our endless pursuit of getting somewhere else, is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
As my meditative experiences grew, I had wonderful relationships. I met the most wonderful women, who meditated and shared certain understandings that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you meditate properly you are able to take your mind and merge it with the cosmos. Essentially, this causes your IQ… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation will give you the power to overcome fear. As you sit and meditate each day, it makes you stronger. The energy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The enjoyment of life is only possible if the world could get connected to the spirit... you become the spirit as Christ… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
