We have to be careful not to think that meditation is about getting rid of thoughts. On the contrary, I would say that meditation helps us to creatively engage with our thoughts and not fixate on them. — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
An act of meditation is actually an act of faith--of faith in your spirit, in your own potential. Faith is the basis of meditation. Not of faith in something outside you--a metaphysical buddha, an unattainable ideal, or someone else's words.… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
We have to be careful not to think that meditation is about getting rid of thoughts. On the contrary, I would say that meditation… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
“karma just means action, in Buddhist terms to act out of an intention conditioned by external and internal conditions, which in turn will have… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
The most important part of the practice is for the question to remain alive and for your whole body and mind to become a… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
“The Buddha does not see nibbana as a special, metaphysical place to go to but as a process of dissolution that one can achieve… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
An act of meditation is actually an act of faith--of faith in your spirit, in your own potential. Faith is the basis of meditation.… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
Experiences are like cherry on the cake. It's nice, but that's not what's going to make a difference to the habit. — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
As long as we are focusing on the breath we do not feed our mental, emotional, and physical patterns. By returning to the breath… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
“Right action is not a fixed right action, it is an action that is conditioned by love and respect. It is an action that… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
