Nirvikalpa Samadhi means you are sitting in meditation and you go beyond the planes of light to nirvana. Then you come back… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Movement helps keep me centered. I am a disaster, for instance, at sitting meditation, but I'm pretty decent at walking meditation. — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
The happiest moments are when we sit down and we feel the presence of our brothers and sisters, lay and monastic, who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them "thinking", and return to the breath.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Many people, including Buddhist monks, spend thousands of hours sitting in what they call meditation. In reality, what they're doing is thinking… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The inner cry is a very good way to meditate. As you're sitting there in meditation, just cry inwardly to God, to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the practice of sitting meditation you relate to your daily life all the time. Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I think for me to do a traditional sitting meditation I would really have to spend a couple weeks working at it.… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. We can… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment in this body and… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“I tell my students not to be frightened; in the history of Buddhism-for 2,500 years-no one has broken or fractured a leg… — Guo Jun Copy Share Image
“We don't have to be harsh with ourselves when we think, sitting here, that our meditation or our oryoki or the way… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
