Meditation Quotes · Page 69

I practice transcendental meditation and there is a phase where you're meant to lift off the ground.

— Heather Graham

Whatever adventure you are into, whatever you are doing, your attention should be on your spirit.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Through Sahaja Yoga what happens to you, that you become a collective personality.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Tantra is for the person who has gone beyond the rules. They've learned the rules so well that now they can go…

— Frederick Lenz

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

— Ajahn Brahm

“Laughing at your pettiness probably works better than scolding yourself for it.”

— Sharon Salzberg

Meditation is just simple brain exercise. I exercise and this made sense to me.

— Dan Harris

Don't worry. These poses have nothing to do with meditation or enlightenment.

— Dharma Mittra

If you are willing to experience anything directly and immediately, whether good or bad, joyous or hateful, you will recognize that what…

— Gangaji

Bird leaves the land to enjoy the freedom; man leaves his thoughts to enjoy the silence. Meditation is man's flying to the…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

These are the roots of trees, O monks, these are empty huts. Meditate, monks, do not be negligent, or else you will…

— Gautama Buddha

“Too long have I confined myself in Miltonic isolation and meditation. It is clearly time for me to step boldly into our…

— John Kennedy Toole

At the end of the archana, prostrate, then get up and, remaining on the same spot, turn around clockwise 3 times just…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Samadhi is perfect absorption to the point where there is no sense of being absorbed, not the consciousness of knowing that you…

— Frederick Lenz

In the freshness of the present moment, past is gone, future is not yet born, and—if one remains in pure mindfulness and…

— Matthieu Ricard

The important aim in Christian meditation is to allow God's mysterious and silent presence within us to become more and more not…

— John Main

“Working with people is basically not a question of formal education; working with people is a question of energy and awareness. Everyone…

— Swami Dhyan Giten

To open the possibility for self-honesty, you have to develop insight, which can be achieved through meditation, therapy, other sorts of sensitivity…

— Stephen Russell

When we meditate, we go beyond the swirl of thoughts, memories and emotions that tend to keep us stuck in our ego's…

— Deepak Chopra

When you are soul-centered, you can focus your attention where and when you want to, easily, without distraction. You know to look…

— Anonymous

“My mind has evolved from that of a child to that of an adult and passed through countless changes along the way.…

— Darren Main

“How do I recognize a real saint? Whom I shall see within me whether it is in dreams or trances or meditations,…

— Jibankrishna

“Sit and let your body relax. Find the rhythm of deep breathing that has worked best for you so far. Breathe in,…

— Alexis G. Roldan

“Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were…

— Joseph Heller

Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.

— Bill W

A man, doubtful of his dinner, or trembling at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation, or remote enquiries.

— Samuel Johnson

It is only in the depths of silence that the voice of God can be heard.

— Sai Baba

Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer.

— Dalai Lama

Zen is very easy! It's like touching your nose when you wash your face in the morning!

— Seungsahn

Spirituality is not about becoming special - it is about becoming one with everything.

— Jaggi Vasudev

“If in doubt, go running. Solutions to problems come to you. It clarifies your mind. It's a meditation of sorts.”

— Lisa Tamati

If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.

— Shunryu Suzuki

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

— Marianne Williamson

“If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.”

— Sharon Salzberg

Zen is a special transmission outside the Canonical Scriptures; it does not depend upon texts.

— Robert Linssen

Mindfulness is a pause -- the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.

— Tara Brach

“I've taken up meditation. I like to have an espresso first to make it more challenging.”

— Betsy Salkind

In brief, without being mindful of death, whatever Dharma practices you take up will be merely superficial.

— Milarepa

Do not let pleasure distract you from meditation, from the way. Free yourself from pleasure and pain.

— Gautama Buddha

“Mindfulness is attainable when one can embrace life, not its circumstances.”

— Michelle Cruz-Rosado