Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the… — Kelsey Grammer Copy Share Image
Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind. Only keep the question, 'What is the best way of helping other people?' — Seungsahn Copy Share Image
Training our mind through meditation does not mean forcibly subjugating it or beating it into shape. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I don't believe in hours and hours of meditation. The mind gets tired and starts to fold in on itself. — Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki Copy Share Image
Every basic act like eating and copulating becomes magical when you do it consciously. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
“Any act which is done for others is considered as dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“True power—not to be confused with worldly power—is found at that beautiful and sacred spot where will and surrender merge into an… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The good news is that attachment is not an industrial strength glue that binds the mind to condition-based happiness. You can free… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter a studio; it's always had a certain… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
Meditation will help you to find your bonds, loosen them, untie them and cast your moorings. When you are no longer attached… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Reduce the stress levels in your life through relaxation techniques like meditation, deep breathing, and exercise. Youll look and feel way better… — Suzanne Somers Copy Share Image
[To Aquinas] the senses are what we have in common with dumb animals. ... Our better part [is] the mind ... and… — Anthony John Patrick Kenny Copy Share Image
If you keep focusing, gradually thoughts will become quieter and quieter, gradually the images will disappear from the mind. What is happening… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making… — Taisen Deshimaru Copy Share Image
I love my life, and I love the people that I'm connected to and I love my family and I love what… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
“For a perfect yogī, there are eight kinds of superachievements: one can become lighter than air, one can become smaller than the… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
“We have millions of ways to lose this precious time—we turn on the TV, or pick up the telephone, or start the… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We are slaves of what we don't know;of what we know we are masters.Whatever vice or weakness in ourselves we discoverand understand… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
I am a trained hypnotherapist, yes, but it's more like a guided meditation. Most of the people I take under struggle with… — Tanit Phoenix Copy Share Image
If you become very close to your teacher, if you do well in your meditation, a deep emotional bond will develop between… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“This false “faith” which is what we often live by and which we even come to confuse with our “religion” is subjected… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Meditation is the art of living with yourself. It is nothing else than that, simply that: the art of being joyously alone.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image