Meditation Quotes · Page 53

With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others.

— Sharon Salzberg

To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

There is no letter of the law to follow in Zen. There is a lot of etiquette, but there are no rules.

— Frederick Lenz

Use the previous techniques in rotation. It will prevent your meditation experience from becoming stale.

— Frederick Lenz

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation.

— Raul Julia

The novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters.

— Milan Kundera

When one is overfed and another one is hungry, I call that a disaster.

— Jaggi Vasudev

“There is never a reason good enough to be out of alignment with peace.”

— Alaric Hutchinson

In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such…

— Plotinus

Just as it is fire's nature to burn, it is meditation's nature to heal, to bring peace and uplift you beyond your…

— Alice Coltrane

I can be stressed, or tired, and I can go into a meditation and it all just flows off of me. I'll…

— Ray Dalio

Practitioners of tantra don't decide to break the rules. They are not particularly hung up on having sex or eating meat or…

— Frederick Lenz

“It is the landscape that draws me and keeps me here, concurrently spare and breathtaking enough to empty my mind of chatter…

— Liz Stephens

Continue practice into everyday life with a single meditation, always keeping in mind the intention to help others in all activities, eating,…

— Jamgon Kongtrul

“Does one have to do dhyan (meditation) to reduce his attachment- abhorrence (raag-dwesh)? No, one needs to know the science of the…

— Dada Bhagwan

“In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.”

— Pema Chödrön

I learned and it was exactly what I needed [Transcendental Meditation]. The thing that blew me away was that it was the…

— Cameron Diaz

Because of watching your breath and thoughts you have come to know now that you are neither thoughts nor your breath, you…

— Rajneesh

“The idea of attention or contemplation, of looking carefully at something and holding it before the mind, may be conveyed early on…

— Iris Murdoch

One day Mara, the Buddhist god of ignorance and evil, was traveling through the villages of India with his attendants. He saw…

— Jack Kornfield

“Meditation is the best tool for neutralizing the voice in the head. It's a muzzle for the ego. Being mindful is an…

— Dan Harris

There is a tendency sometimes within the Shambhala community to make it just about meditating and, so, less about compassion. Shambhala is…

— Sakyong Mipham

“You can do it at any time. You can do it when you are sitting in a bus – that is, watch,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Zen Buddhism is a way and a view of life which does not belong to any of the formal categories of modern…

— Alan Wilson Watts

Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

“Any act which is done for others is considered as dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation).”

— Dada Bhagwan

“God is not a person, God is the underlying consciousness in Existence.”

— Swami Dhyan Giten

When you are the Spirit, you are like a brilliant diamond, which is giving light by itself.

— Nirmala Srivastava

“We invite mindfulness when the doing is, or is at least treated as, the desired result.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Since inner peace is the source of all happiness, we can see how important meditation is.

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

The key to meditation is focusing on specific symbols. The symbols are the chakras.

— Frederick Lenz

“Think not-thinking. How do you think not-thinking? Nonthinking. This is the essential art of zazen.”

— Ruth Ozeki

Meditation is a mental discipline that enables us to do one thing at a time.

— Max Picard

I meditate, which I really like. Just 20 minutes twice a day and that really helps.

— Jordana Brewster

Gardening is a working meditation for me. It helps me remember process, and it helps me remember patience.

— Lizz Wright

“We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.”

— Sharon Salzberg

Life can be pleasant or miserable. To lead a fruitful life, and to make it positive, practice analytical meditation.

— Dalai Lama

The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.

— Swami Vivekananda

The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love.

— Pope Gregory I

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

— William Wilberforce