Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The experience of truth has to be felt on the central nervous system. — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
The spirit of advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything — Chinmayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
“When infused with compassion, even the most useless snake oils have the power to heal broken hearts and shattered souls.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
A person trying to meditate is doing something that's impossible since meditation is not an action. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
You do not like zen because you want control. If you're dominant, in trying zen you will be dominant in not being… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
...learn to perceive and control your chakras; they are like seven churches within you, each holding a different aspect of the Mystery… — E. Bernard Jordan Copy Share Image
To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
The ideal person is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence and solitude, finds the intensest activity, and in the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The happiest moments are when we sit down and we feel the presence of our brothers and sisters, lay and monastic, who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Only when there is dharmadhyan (absence of adverse internal state of being that hurts the self and others) in the body, there… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness involves three fundamental processes: forming intention, paying attention, and adjusting your attitude (Shapiro, Carlson, Astin, & Freedman, 2006).” — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
Accustom yourself to serious meditation every morning. Fresh airing our souls in heaven will engender in us a purer spirit and nobler… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
Selfless-giving burns away the layers of the onion. Purity and humility keep meditation and selfless-giving clear. Love radiates through the entire practice… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In brief, it appears that most Centrists clearly distinguish between accepting a nonreifying notion of mere mind as a step in the… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
Here is, in truth, the whole secret of Yoga, the science of the soul. The active turnings, the strident vibrations, of selfishness,… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
“One evening Milarepa returned to his cave after gathering firewood, only to find it filled with demons. They were cooking his food,… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
The Tantric way is open to all the richness of human nature, which it accepts without a single restriction. It is probably… — Daniel Odier Copy Share Image
“The essence of meditation is to induce a mind which is totally relaxed and at the same time totally aware. If you… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I have seen that there are a number of people who benefit from doing loving kindness meditation, either prior to or along… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Don’t think about your problems during your practice. Push them aside very gently. Take a break from all that worrying and planning.… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
What meaning do our lives have if we cannot set aside at least one hour a day out of 24 for thinking… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“Under the stillness of an old tree - a monk sits in silence, the oak sheds it's leaves.” — Meeta Ahluwalia Copy Share Image
Mind is something unnatural; it never becomes your natural state. But meditation is a natural state - which we have lost. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Meditation is making every breath; a kind breath, a compassionate breath and a loving breath.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Zen people love Buddha so tremendously that they can even play jokes upon him. It is out of great love; they are… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The key to creating a home meditation practice is to create a space where the busyness stops.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“Mindful living is a conscious way of living – noticing the beauty of life in every moment.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Next to meditation itself, I really can't think of anything more important than the development of your career. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What is the meaning of life? It is too great a phenomenon to fit into any meaning. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Bow and offer your meditation to Eternity, as you would offer a Flower to your lover. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you want to be successful, don't seek success - seek competence, empowerment; do nothing short of the best that you can… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
I meditate twice a day. I chant. I lean more towards Buddhist practices. — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image