“Humankind has accumulated generation upon generation of knowledge, the culmination of which is the vast and useful technological array we see everywhere… — H.E. Davey Copy Share Image
“Meditation and running are essentially addressing these two kinds of pain. Of course, we cannot run all day and all night, and… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
The practice of Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet — to infuse every act of body,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Our most emotionally active life is lived in our dreams, and our cells renew themselves most industriously in sleep. We reach highest… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
Contemplation is not and cannot be a function of this external self. There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
To concentrate is not to meditate, even though that is what most of you do, calling it meditation. And if concentration is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“All suffering in this world is a result of someone, somewhere, not living his or her life’s purpose. Through spiritual practice, your… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Back when he had first come to the monastery, they had given him a very simple ritual called Forgiving the Day. Even… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“when it comes to interior design, Zen is a true reflection of balance, peace and harmony. Even though Zen is not an… — Alexis G. Roldan Copy Share Image
Meditation means you start changing your inner world. You start removing dust from the inner world, you start removing all that is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
For better or worse, I tend to do a lot of thinking in my poems. But lately I've been trying to pay… — Jennifer Grotz Copy Share Image
Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from 'hurry sickness.' Become more introspective by visiting… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Attention is the most powerful tool of the human spirit. We can enhance or augment our attention with practices like meditation and… — Linda Stone Copy Share Image
The innate harmony that exists between mind and body is one of the secrets behind the amazing power of Shin-shin-toitsu-do, which is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Whether you create, or you observe an objective piece of creativity, meditation should be the key. Without it, mind can only spread… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“One day a man of the people said to Zen Master Ikkyu: “Master, will you please write for me some maxims of… — Roshi P. Kapleau Copy Share Image
Children, in the present dark age of materialism, chanting the mantra is the easiest way for us to obtain inner purification and… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Meditation is helping me learn to sit still. Twenty minutes of meditation in the morning is a nice way to start my… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
“Emotional baggage,” which is carried over from the past, colors our perceptions. Likewise, past conclusions and beliefs, based on reasoning that may… — H.E. Davey Copy Share Image
Meditation is to attain to a no-mindness, to a state of no-thought. In that opening of no-thought, in that kind of space,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Suzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism... We cannot be sufficiently grateful to… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Take some time to be silent and repeat the sound of God as an inner mantra. Meditation allows you to make conscious… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“In other words, you could endlessly try to have suffering cease by dealing with outer circumstances—and that’s usually what all of us… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It is a good practice to write at least on page of mantra daily. Many people get better concentration by writing than… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“Become the person of no rank. Become the noble soul, and live in this awakened way, not imitating anyone. Whatever the circumstances… — Maurine Stuart Copy Share Image
“We are basically all one. We are one being, one consciousness, one whole. We are all connected to each other. We are… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
Millions of people miss meditation because meditation has taken on a wrong connotation. It looks very serious, looks gloomy, has something of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I feel my disease, and I feel that my want of alarm and lively affecting conviction forms its most obstinate ingredient; I… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
“One can be rich by possessing many things, but that will ultimately be to befooling yourself. You come empty-handed into the world, and you… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
By means of meditation we can teach our minds to be calm and balanced; within this calmness is a richness and a… — Tarthang Tulku Copy Share Image
“Emperor Wu asked Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism in China, how much merit he had earned by building temples all over… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it. Thoughts are like the wind or the leaves on the… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Meditate, oft. Separate thyself for a season from the cares of the world. Get close to nature and learn from the lowliest… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
Because all actions and expressions stem from the mind, it is vital to know the mind as well as decide in what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What I want you to do is just take it as it is. Don't think too much. If you get involved with… — Masaaki Hatsumi Copy Share Image
The wisdom or the essence of Guru Tattwa is a balance. Like when you maintain a plant, if you do not give… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“We live in a world that asks us to do rather than be; to achieve rather than shine; to form relationships that… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can't… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
