In the West, people pride themselves on being the defenders of democratic rights and the champions of freedom. But if the Western… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Jesus has revealed Himself in the Scripture. If we want to know Him, if we want to know the Truth, we must… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
When people say that meditation makes them calm, they are often referring to this stability of the mind. A stable mind creates… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
“Vegetarianism and Zen Buddhism, meditation and spirituality, acid and rock—Jobs rolled together, in an amped-up way, the multiple impulses that were hallmarks… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Through meditation we can train our minds in such a way that negative qualities are abandoned and positive qualities are generated and… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Every breath you take, you are getting closer to the grave. But every breath you take, you can also get closer to… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
If possible, try to talk good about others, always. By telling good about another person, you will help yourself and another person. — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Evolution is messy. Oftentimes our brains evolve more quickly than our capacity to love. Science has unlocked many mysteries of the universe… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Sometimes, sitting there on the cushion failing to watch your breath, it can feel like you’re the only weirdo weird enough to… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work as a… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
“Learning to practise mindfulness greatly enhances our ability to manifest emotional intelligence and equanimity under pressure and to display calmness, empathy and… — Christopher Dines Copy Share Image
“I'm simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I'm saying that you can get rid of all this insanity… — Osho Copy Share Image
“To practice tantra requires even greater compassion and greater intelligence than are required on the sutra path; thus, though many persons in… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Left alone, I am overtaken by the northern void-no wind, no cloud, no track, no bird, only the crystal crescents between peaks,… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
It is light that reveals, light that obscures, light that communicates. It is light I "listen" to. The light late in the… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
“The realization of Nibbāna comes with the blossoming of wisdom and brings perfect peace, untarnished happiness, and the stilling of the mind’s… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
A Life in Men is a joyful, ambitious novel that is also an adventure traversing three continents, as well as a meditation… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
Through yoga, meditation and other spiritual practices, we can learn the ways of personal equanimity. We can also learn how to use… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
The best part of all is that no matter how long you practice, or what method you use, every technique of Buddhist… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Prayer, meditation, and confession actually have the power to rewire the brain in a way that can make us less self-referential and… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Awareness is that which is reading these words right now, whatever “that” is. You know without a doubt that there is something… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
Meditation on a passage of scripture... led a young boy into a grove of trees to commune with his heavenly Father. That… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
You don't have to have blind faith for anything. Blind faith leads to fanaticism. You shouldn't have blind faith at all. You… — Nirmala Srivastava 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
“All someone has to do in order to be hypnotized or to hypnotize him- or herself is to move down from high-… — Joe Dispenza Copy Share Image
Innocence is something to be appreciated, to be understood, to be enjoyed. Like you see animals, they're innocent; you see children, they're… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
How long the night to the watchman, How long the road to the weary traveller, How long the wandering of many lives… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
On the whole, when the unexpected danger happens to you, you're thinking so fast, you're thinking so hard, every bit of you… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
Meditation helps me feel the shape, the texture of my inner life. Here, in the quiet, I can begin to taste what… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
Zen is a study. It's a discipline. It involves the active use of will to make things happen or not happen. These… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whether you're praying, meditating, you're getting silent, relaxing your mind... and you definitely want to train hard - in the weight room,… — Mike Daniels Copy Share Image
The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
When your attention moves into the Now, there is an alertness. It is as if you were waking up from a dream,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
An enlightened teacher has personal power. Sitting and meditating with an enlightened teacher in a meditation hall or at a power spot… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
With passions stilled and one's nature firm, all destinies are in harmony; When the full moon of contemplation is reached you will… — Wu Cheng'en Copy Share Image
You know, Monsieur, that, although the contemplative life is more perfect than the active life, it is not, however, more so than… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
