Meditation is a sort of prayer and prayer is meditation. The highest meditation is to think of nothing. If you can remain… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Buddha was asked: “What have you gained from meditation?” He replied: “Nothing.” “However”, Buddha said, “let me tell you what I lost:… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Melancholy betrays the world for the sake of knowledge. But in its tenacious self-absorption it embraces dead objects in its contemplation, in… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
A critical part of Tantric Buddhism is a process of turning of the activities and experiences in your daily life into meditation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
At the end of each meditation session, bow your head toward the ground. Give away your meditation to the universe. Whether you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's a horrible and wonderful battle with yourself, to stay calm, stay in the moment. My coach said, "Stay here, not at… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
“** Take up meditation. Set a timer for 15 minutes, close your eyes and focus on your breathing. When your mind wanders,… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
I started Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since. Twice a day, every day. It has… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“Better than merely "seeing" the "sense" of people's actions is "feeling" the sense of what they are doing. Going along with the… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
In the Buddhist tradition, where mindful meditation comes from, anger is regarded as a somewhat unhealthy,unskillful emotion because we can be blinded… — Mark Coleman Copy Share Image
Remember that breath walking - as with any meditation technique - should not be pursued with a grim determination to 'get it… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Bliss follows witnessing - and that is going to be your meditation. Witness your body as separate, witness your mind as separate.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Yang Shan (Kyo-zan) asked Wei Shan (I-san): 'What shall we do when hundreds, thousands, and millions of things beset us all at… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
When there is no thought. no desire, no ambition, in that state of no-mind truth descends in you - or ascends in… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The Tantric way is open to all the richness of human nature, which it accepts without a single restriction. It is probably… — Daniel Odier Copy Share Image
“One evening Milarepa returned to his cave after gathering firewood, only to find it filled with demons. They were cooking his food,… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Love is the flowering of meditation. Meditation brings many treasures; perhaps love is the greatest roseflower that grows on the bush of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Water has memory. Depending on how you treat it, what kind of thoughts and emotions you generate, accordingly it behaves in your… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
“The most widely studied mindfulness-based intervention is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (or MBSR), developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the Center for Mindfulness… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
When you meditate, you will care more for those around you and you will be able to do more for them, as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Even if you are focusing on a chakra, you don't want to do that for the whole period of meditation. There should… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A lot of people have this live or die attitude with mediation. It has to be all or nothing. I don't think… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Tantra is the science of transforming ordinary lovers into soul mates. And that is the grandeur of Tantra. It can transform the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Sexuality is possible without any understanding, without any meditation. Love is possible only with understanding. Compassion is possible only with understanding and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Dissolving the name is awareness. Dissolving the form is meditation. The world is name and form. Bliss transcends name and form. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
“Meditation looks within, which is the practice of insight. Insight exposes the gap between reality and our thoughts. As a result, the… — Benjamin Riggs Copy Share Image
The tantras can be very confusing for a person who is new to Buddhism, and for several thousand years the rule was… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“You cannot fight hate and violence with more hate and violence, any more than you can conquer darkness with more darkness. Adding… — Na'ama Yehuda Copy Share Image
Wellness within is mindfulness and acceptance of what you are, what you feel inside and how it's always changing. That process is… — Rodney Yee Copy Share Image
I'd love to find some people to teach advanced meditation to. I've been looking for many years. There are a few around.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Today, everything I do from morning meditation on - eating breakfast, going for a walk, writing, reading, even recreation - is governed… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Lakshmi is a celestial being who lives in a higher plane of existence. Her mantra is "Sring." When you chant it, it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I do a lot of inward thoughts and meditation, ... I listen to a lot of music. I'm not an extremely religious… — Lalah Hathaway Copy Share Image
We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Meditation is not this kind of spacey stuff that makes it difficult to orient your life. If that's your experience of meditation,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Sex is the alpha and enlightenment is the omega. Sex is the first step of the spiritual journey, and enlightenment is the… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“Hold the thoughts, know the thoughts and you realize the thoughts have slowed showing breaks and gaps, be the witness to them… — Maitreya Rudrabhayananda Copy Share Image
“The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image