Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce.… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Krishna says meditate and you'll see the various ephemeral worlds, the various ephemeral beings, all of them going through the same thing;… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Gentleness can be developed with simple thoughts. First, appreciate who you are and make friends with yourself. Look at what you can… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
“Although the repetition of a word or phrase is a preparatory practice and is itself not meditation, choosing a word or phrase… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
“Yoga practice is the most natural thing in the world. The body was designed to move in dynamic ways, and the lungs… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
For dignity of character, consciousness is needed, not conscience and that's the function of meditation. Meditation does not give you any character… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Go deep into meditation. And by meditation I mean awareness, watchfulness, witnessing. It is only through meditation that the inner light begins.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“If the object of meditation were something concrete, something solid and graspable - an image or a statue or a dot on… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
How extraordinary it is to be here at all. Awareness of death can jolt us awake to the sensuality of existence. Breath… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Meditation is making research into yourself, and into the subtler fields of activity. Day after day we culture our minds with the… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
“Give yourself an hour a day, half for exercise and half for meditation. If you give meditation a good college try and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Spiritual reading, discursive meditation, and prayer prepare our hearts for contemplation. Contemplation is a state of realized oneness with God. When engaged… — James Finley Copy Share Image
“How would you define the impression of a dark night, of an ancient forest, of the wind moaning through ruins or over… — Benjamin Constant Copy Share Image
“Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself. And, when one begins to understand oneself, not… — Kalidas Joshi Copy Share Image
In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
“The greatest miracle in the world is that you are, that I am. To be is the greatest miracle—and meditation opens the… — Osho Copy Share Image
If I could live in a tiny dwelling on a rock in the ocean, surrounded by the waves of the sea and… — Cuthbert Copy Share Image
The relic from before birth Enters one's heart one day. Be as careful as if you were holding a full vessel, Be… — Sun Bu'er Copy Share Image
Such a person needs meditation more than anyone else because they are headed for a crisis. If stress and anxiety are so… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“There are two postures in Zazen—that is to say, the crossed-leg sitting, and the half crossed-leg sitting. Seat yourself on a thick… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Those scenes of solitude from which the hand of nature have never been lifted, affect the mind with a more deep-toned emotion… — Thomas Cole Copy Share Image
“From which moment is it considered saiyam (a state free of anger-pride-deceit-greed, attachment and abhorrence)? What is the beginning of saiyam? From… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Once released from life, having lost it in such violence, I couldn’t calculate my steps. I didn’t have time for contemplation. In… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“instead of being aware of your thoughts, you’re aware that you’re aware of your thoughts. You have turned the light of consciousness… — Michael A. Singer Copy Share Image
I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
When I was working at Omega, I took this Zen retreat, where you're quiet, you don't say anything for a week, and… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind’s strength, and awareness is its flexibility. Without… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
My meditation techniques ARE dangerous. In fact there cannot be any meditation techniques which are not dangerous. If they are not dangerous,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Over time, years of meditation gave me glimpses of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all life. I experienced that on one level… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
The master is within; meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea that he is only outside. If he is a stranger… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“I was tired in the evening yesterday. I felt drained by the last days outer conflicts. I felt separated from life. Suddenly… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
Relationship is the mirror: see your face there. Always remember relationship is the mirror. If your meditation is going deep, your relationship… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me.' If we see it like this,… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“Thoughts that you do not let go leave an imprint on your mind. That imprint is the residue. Meditation is the process… — Om Swami Copy Share Image
“Just like two pieces of wood can be rubbed together to produce fire and the same fire later consumes them both, intellect… — Om Swami Copy Share Image
“If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and… — Tobe Hanson Copy Share Image
The soul of a true christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
![“In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by being more productive, being more this, and getting more out of your work and earning more money. In the East, the whole idea is that you are dissolving your essence through these…” quote by Karan Bajaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/karan-bajaj-14774_dissolving_in-the-west-it-is-the-opposite-like-you_867831.jpg)
