Zen is everywhere… But for you, Zen is right here.

“Inside every pause lived a contemplation”

— Eric Jerome Dickey

Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered…

— Flume

You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life…

— Anonymous

An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything…

— Bankei Yotaku

If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.

— Ajahn Chah

If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic.…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect and find…

— Nirmala Srivastava

“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude…

— Thomas Merton

We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot…

— Chogyam Trungpa

“...even though [my psychiatrist] understood mor than anyone how much I felt I was losing--in energy, vivacity, and originality--by taking medication, he never was…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“Mindfulness is an invitation to change that pattern and to become aware of where we are and how we got here. Mindfulness gives us…

— Maia Duerr

As in any machine, all the wires must be connected to the mains through one main wire. In the same way, you all must…

— Nirmala Srivastava

Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened…

— Nirmala Srivastava

“But, like all indulgences that are valued not just for their product but for their process, the sento will never entirely disappear. For in…

— Barry Eisler

It's still possible to savor the remarkable foods that millennia of human ingenuity have teased from milk. A sip of milk itself or a…

— Harold McGee