Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
“Contemplation, sadly, helps you see your woundedness! That’s why most people do not stay long with contemplative prayer, because it’s not very… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I think it's very important. I've gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It's something I plan to do with Tim Robbins… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Towards the end of your meditation session, or when you feel your meditation is deep, chant "Kring" seven times. Repeat it with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is a technique to integrate one's personality, to be able to live and enjoy full life of all glories - worldly… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
In advanced Zen a person comes to realize that the existence of things and their ability to perceive them correctly is completely… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“For a moment of intense terror she paused upon the giddy pinnacle, as if in contemplation of her own sublimity, then trembled… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Stress is a state of mind and if you realize that you will find that it's something you can deal with. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The present mood in which they sat relaxed was nothing more than the relief of two people coming back to a bombed… — Rosamond Lehmann Copy Share Image
Prayer changes from entreaty to thanksgiving, and meditation on the divine truths of faith fills the heart with a sense of jubilation… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
“Scientific discovery always arises out of meditation, not out of mind. And whenever something comes from the mind, it is not science… — Osho Copy Share Image
Traveling around, it can get very stressful sometimes, and I found yoga, thank God, like a couple of years ago. I went… — Valentina Zelyaeva Copy Share Image
“What defines you? Is it those hazy memories of yesterday, or last year, or childhood? Is it the emotions and thoughts that… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Meditation is the art of awareness. And once you are aware, out of your awareness your actions will arise - not out… — Rajneesh 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
The universe is wired with the electricity of God, & each of us is a lamp. It doesn't matter the size or… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I meditate a lot and pray for guidance. If, in a moment of self-contemplation or meditation, I were to feel very strongly… — Michael Feinstein Copy Share Image
You can marry the Buddha, and after a few months you will find on the human form the Buddha, too, has his… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If I am asked If I am asked, then, what Zen teaches, I would answer, Zen teaches nothing. Whatever teachings there are… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
“To celebrate someone else’s life, we need to find a way to look at it straight on, not from above with judgment… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
' One can contemplate sadness, anger and despair, all at the same time, without contemplation of rage or harm to others, BE… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
Clearly the path of mitzvot is a form of meditation. The intention to act impeccably requires complete dedication and unwavering attention. I… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
At the beginning of a meditation session your thoughts will be relatively earthbound. You will think about yourself, your world, problems, difficulties… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness comes from the dissolution of the mind, not from external objects. Through meditation we can achieve everything including bliss, health, strength,… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Zen is influenced by Daoism, which is not so much a nature-religion in the animistic sense as a nature-philosophy in a cosmic… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When sleepy, meditate with your eyes open wide. Stand in place for a few minutes or do walking meditation. If it’s really… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Be neither attracted nor repulsed. You are watching a movie. If the visions are beautiful or horrible, Don't get caught up in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Caught in the self-centered dream, only suffering; holding to self-centered thoughts, exactly the dream; each moment, life as it is, the only… — Joko Beck Copy Share Image
The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“No connection is always easy or free of strife, no matter how many minutes a day we meditate. It’s how we relate… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Monastic contemplatives have staked out a clearly limited area to be transformed by contemplation: the monastery. Lay contemplatives face the challenge of… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
“Keep your heart clear And transparent, And you will Never be bound. A single disturbed thought Creates ten thousand distractions.” — Ryokan Copy Share Image
As the prana current, kundalini and different energies begin to move through you, you will feel yourself moving and rocking. Keep the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Place an object within your view, hopefully at about eye level. You might have to look down a little bit. Some people… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
