“The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary times, to be of present, nothing-but-the-present,… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
Meditation stills the wandering mind and establishes us forever in a state of peace. — Swami Muktananda 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
I can spend years studying and being in therapy and having a very analytic spiritual meditation practice, but without the emotional component,… — Moby Copy Share Image
There are many different aspects to a formal meditation practice. But the real meditation practice is how you interface with life from… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“The essence of meditation practice in Dzogchen is encapsulated by these four points: ▪ When one past thought has ceased and a… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
It's tapping into something so deep that when I reap the rewards, I do not even know I'm reaping them. It's a… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
To understand the totality of this extraordinary thing called life, one must obviously not be too definite about these things. One cannot… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When we let go of wanting something else to happen in this moment, we are taking a profound step toward being able… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Meditation is a state, often defined as deep dreamless sleep awake. But, in the same way that you cannot sleep on demand,… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
“In meditation practice, we build the energy of awareness until it grows powerful enough to see entirely different levels of reality.” — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“One exceptional morning, the Dalai Lama even introduced the Archbishop to his meditation practice in his private residence, and the Archbishop gave… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To observe and watch one's own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns.… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Everyone in advanced meditation practice should be involved with the economic support of the spread of the dharma. We live in a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“If people think they can “do” meditation, then they become frustrated every time they don’t achieve the state. In the same way… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“One of the beautiful things about Buddhism is that it does not worship Buddha as a god or deity, but instead celebrates… — Lodro Rinzler Copy Share Image
Meditation practice is regarded as a good and in fact excellent way to overcome warfare in the world; our own warfare as… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The trick to keeping your meditation practice alive, not simply consistent but wonderful, is you need to bring a certain will or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Integrated meditation practice is like a healthy diet which is indispensable for maintaining your vitality and resistance to disease. Likewise, a balanced… — B. Alan Wallace Copy Share Image
Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
