--- title: "16 Real Meditation Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 16 Real Meditation quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Real Meditation sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_inspirational_the-real-meditation-is-how-you-live-your_2337662.png" --- > [The real meditation is how you live your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/the-real-meditation-is-how-you-live-your-life/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_inspirational_the-real-meditation-is-how-you-live-your_2337662.png) > [Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a-technique-it-s-about-letting/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/adyashanti-1169_control_real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a_108951.png) > [The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/the-real-meditation-practice-is-how-we-live-our-lives-from-moment-to/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_how_the-real-meditation-practice-is-how-we-l_2666692.png) > [Real meditation engenders humility and purity, always. Yet I don't really think it demands any kind of lifestyle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/real-meditation-engenders-humility-and-purity-always-yet-i-don-t/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_real-meditation-engenders-humility-and-p_2178629.jpg) > [Higher meditation is not taught through techniques or words. The real meditation experience is taught inwardly. You shift a person through different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/higher-meditation-is-not-taught-through-techniques-or-words-the-real/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19d/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_higher-meditation-is-not-taught-through_2659390.jpg) > [“Sometimes it was during the breaks that the real meditation happened - moments when it was obvious that wisdom is not something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-padwick/sometimes-it-was-during-the-breaks-that-the-real-meditation-happened/) [Matt Padwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-padwick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/matt-padwick-54912_meditation_sometimes-it-was-during-the-breaks-that_1433515.jpg) > [Real meditation we get from within or from a spiritual Master. We can never get it from books. From books we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/real-meditation-we-get-from-within-or-from-a-spiritual-master-we-can/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/sri-chinmoy-517_approach_real-meditation-we-get-from-within-or-fr_1019584.jpg) > [Meditation upon the unknown Thought He thought was real meditation. No, meditation is not and cannot be On any thought. Meditation is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/meditation-upon-the-unknown-thought-he-thought-was-real-meditation-no/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/sri-chinmoy-517_claims_meditation-upon-the-unknown-thought-he-t_1891942.jpg) > [Real meditation is not done by us. It is done by our Inner Pilot, the Supreme, who is constantly meditating in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/real-meditation-is-not-done-by-us-it-is-done-by-our-inner-pilot-the/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/sri-chinmoy-517_allowing_real-meditation-is-not-done-by-us-it-is_3131149.jpg) > [There are many different aspects to a formal meditation practice. But the real meditation practice is how you interface with life from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/there-are-many-different-aspects-to-a-formal-meditation-practice-but/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_aspects_there-are-many-different-aspects-to-a-fo_1961004.png) > [True meditation can never be done with the mind. Very often we make a mistake when we say that we are meditating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/true-meditation-can-never-be-done-with-the-mind-very-often-we-make-a/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/sri-chinmoy-517_aspiration_true-meditation-can-never-be-done-with-t_3201802.png) > [So meditation is not really mind-effort. Real meditation is not effort at all. Real meditation is just allowing the mind to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/so-meditation-is-not-really-mind-effort-real-meditation-is-not-effort/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/rajneesh-54_allowing_so-meditation-is-not-really-mind-effort_1005369.jpg) > [The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding out why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-pound/the-real-meditation-is-the-meditation-on-one-s-identity-ah-voil-une/) [Ezra Pound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-pound/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/ezra-pound-1208_findings_the-real-meditation-is-the-meditation-on_310499.png) > [In real meditation you forget the body. You may be cut to pieces and not feel it at all. You feel such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/in-real-meditation-you-forget-the-body-you-may-be-cut-to-pieces-and/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/swami-vivekananda-53_body_in-real-meditation-you-forget-the-body-y_880429.jpg) > [Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it’s about letting go of control. This is meditation. Anything else is actually a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a-technique-it-s-about-letting-2/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/adyashanti-1169_concentration_real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a_1844469.png) > [“Meditation is a method-less act – an act of contemplation – an act of being. And this contemplation or this being is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/meditation-is-a-method-less-act-an-act-of-contemplation-an-act-of/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/abhijit-naskar-99_advaita_meditation-is-a-method-less-act-an-act-o_570521.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-meditation/#itemlist", "name": "Real Meditation Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The real meditation is how you live your life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Kabat-Zinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/the-real-meditation-is-how-you-live-your-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_inspirational_the-real-meditation-is-how-you-live-your_2337662.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_inspirational_the-real-meditation-is-how-you-live-your_2337662.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_inspirational_the-real-meditation-is-how-you-live-your_2337662.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The real meditation is how you live your life.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adyashanti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a-technique-it-s-about-letting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/adyashanti-1169_control_real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a_108951.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/adyashanti-1169_control_real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a_108951.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/adyashanti-1169_control_real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a_108951.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.” — Adyashanti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Kabat-Zinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/the-real-meditation-practice-is-how-we-live-our-lives-from-moment-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_how_the-real-meditation-practice-is-how-we-l_2666692.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_how_the-real-meditation-practice-is-how-we-l_2666692.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_how_the-real-meditation-practice-is-how-we-l_2666692.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Real meditation engenders humility and purity, always. 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Real meditation is just…” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding out why you're you and not somebody else. And who in the blazes are you anyhow? 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