Meditation Quotes · Page 63

“The way I read it, spiritual maturity is gauged by application not contemplation.”

— Andy Stanley

By meditation we develop that strength within us, so automatically we start solving the problem.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.

— Eknath Easwaran

God is standing at the door of every heart. Call Him. He is waiting to come in.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

“A person is a great process, a bridge from animal to Soul. But we do not know about it”

— Anatoliy Obraztsov

By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.

— George Herbert

“Close your eyes, and with Jesus, journey back through your day. As you do, confess sin as you see it...”

— Kyle Idleman

“Mindfulness is the difficult art of simply replacing thinking with experiencing.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Help me, Lord, to remember that religion is not to be confined to the church... nor exercised only in prayer and meditation,…

— Susanna Wesley

You don't have to meditate. You don't have to practice self-discovery and Buddhism. You should only practice self-discovery if you really have…

— Frederick Lenz

Zen lives in the present. The Whole teaching is: how to be in the present; how to get out of the past…

— Rajneesh

It may sound lovey-dovey, but there's research showing the positive effect of meditation on parts of the brain that control emotion.

— Tara Brach

If you've ever swum in the ocean, and you go underneath the waves, you know, you're kind of moved by the currents,…

— Anderson Cooper

If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the…

— Gautama Buddha

Sit all together in meditation. Become peacefully calm and quiet, without motion, without stillness, without birth, without destruction, without coming or going,…

— Huineng

When you can successfully stop thought for longer periods of time, you do move into other worlds. This can also happen in…

— Frederick Lenz

If we get away from the lazy and fuzzy thinking that is like a poison in our society - if we get…

— Marianne Williamson

“There are many other escapes from the empirical, external self, which might seem to be, but are not, contemplation. For instance, the…

— Thomas Merton

I bow to all the seekers of truth. At the very outset we have to know that truth is what it is.…

— Nirmala Srivastava

“Gutei raised his finger whenever he was asked a question about Zen. A boy attendant began to imitate him in this way.…

— Paul Reps

in stillness, I watched myselfget eaten by mosquitoes... the itch was maddening at first but eventually it just melded into a general…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Absolute knowledge is only possible when you know the Absolute Truth and to have the Absolute Truth you have to go to…

— Nirmala Srivastava

The integral sage, the nondual sage, is here to show us otherwise. Known generally as "Tantric," these sages insist on transcending life…

— Ken Wilber

“Whatever lessens suffering in yourself and others, that is right. Whatever increases suffering, that is wrong. The answer is within you. When…

— Satish Kumar

“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.”

— Bryant McGill

Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.

— Patanjali

The true practice to meditation is to sit as if you where drinking water when you are thursty.

— Shunryu Suzuki

Tinted Distances is a tender meditation that reveals a careful eye and steady devotion to elegy and ode.

— Dorianne Laux

Attention has to be concentrated upon your Spirit. Then you become the best instrument, your attention very powerful.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Even now when I am answering a question I am at the height of my own meditation.

— Sri Chinmoy

You should not be afraid of failures, and not get enamored by success.

— Nirmala Srivastava

If we transform our population into a trained, focused, balanced and inspired population, India will be a miracle.

— Jaggi Vasudev

I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.

— Vijender Singh

The planes of consciousness are correlated to what we call the chakras, which are located along the shushumna.

— Frederick Lenz

“May you know, that spirit speaks through silence and is in the wind. Every breath, blown into you, is still with you.”

— Ulonda Faye

A sketch book freezes time. It is an instantaneous form of meditation focusing us on the worth of every passing moment.

— Julia Cameron

Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.

— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.

— Gautama Buddha

“Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

Zen does not confuse self with selflessness , both are one and one are another.

— Jeremy Limn