“The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind’s strength, and awareness is its flexibility.” — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Zen is not a philosophy, it is poetry. It does not propose, it simply persuades. It does not argue, it simply sings… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Wisdom plays such a part in life that whatever may happen outside, whatever may be the trend, whatever may be the fashion,… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
One or two of my friends set longevity records for people who had AIDS. What they did, incredibly hard though it was,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The evolution has to take place still within us to know ourselves. We can say that unless and until it is put… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
A mantra is a very powerful word. It vibrates like music does, only not on this plane but on other planes of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you meditate, then the real miracle is the transformation of your awareness field beyond the body. Beyond the body there are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Krishnamurti admonishes us that “Meditation is not something different from daily life … it is the seeing of what is and going… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“There are two types of empathy: the positive empathy and the negative empathy. When we are fully carried away by the unaware… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“Once you get the hang of it, the practice can create just enough space in your head so that when you get… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
As you are now you are just a liquid phenomenon, changing every moment, nothing stable. Really you cannot claim any "I" --… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The law of karma is like the wind—blowing on all. Whether you are good or evil, bright or dim, kind or unkind,… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Sahasrara is your awareness. When it is enlightened, you get into the technique of the Divine. Now there are two techniques -… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“researchers exploring the impact of mindfulness training on children, adolescents, and adults have revealed a wide range of positive outcomes including: improvements… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
Meditation doesn't lead you to silence; meditation only creates the situation in which the silence happens. And this should be the criterion… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
One of the fundamentals of Zen that makes it a totally unique religion, more than any other religion of the world, is… — OSHO Copy Share Image
But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Prayer can assume very different forms, from quiet, blessed contemplation of God, in which eye meets eye in restful meditation, to deep… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
You have to learn to be very, very gentle to start with - with yourself eventually. Meditation is not something that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The secret of Soto Zen is just two words: not always so… In Japanese, it's two words, three words in English. That… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
We meditate so that our minds can be sharp and alert. We chant mantras so that your souls may be ignited like… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
Being spiritual does not mean being dead serious. If you allow life to happen within you exuberantly, unbridled, you will touch the… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Through concentration and meditation, you become the boss of your mind, and gain the ability to tell it when to be active… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do some compassionate mindfulness every day. It's like a Buddhist thing. I tell myself that I'm doing a good job, that… — Maria Bamford Copy Share Image
Yoga and mediation exist whether we choose to acknowledge or practice. It's like a tree. You can walk by the tree and… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
Meditation is the art of dying. Then your ego will be shocked. And it is also truer to cal I it the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Yesterday I talked about cultivating precision, gentleness, and openess, and described how the meditation technique helps us to remember the qualities that… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
I have found that meditation has helped me with my academic career and has given me insights into musical composition and software… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Tantra is not for a hedonist at all. It won't work. If you're heavily attracted to sensual experiences, tantra will definitely not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Remember, meditation will bring you more and more intelligence, infinite intelligence, a radiant intelligence. Meditation will make you more alive and sensitive;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Meditation is generally an alternation between the feeling of bliss and the witnessing of a thought having a problem with the having… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body,… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Alas! I have nor hope nor health, Nor peace within nor calm around, Nor that content surpassing wealth The sage in meditation… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
This is a world of unhappy beings. They don't understand how simple it is to be happy. You just have to practice… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“What happens in meditation is that we create the emotional and spiritual space which allows Christ to construct an inner sanctuary in… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“All forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or lovingkindness.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Where a man has a passion for meditating without the capacity of thinking, a particular idea fixes itself fast, and soon creates… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation. — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
