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> [“Sitting meditation begins with good posture.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/sitting-meditation-begins-with-good-posture/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [Nirvikalpa Samadhi means you are sitting in meditation and you go beyond the planes of light to nirvana. Then you come back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/nirvikalpa-samadhi-means-you-are-sitting-in-meditation-and-you-go/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-best-form-of-meditation-is-the-sitting-meditation-but-work-is/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/in-sitting-meditation-we-train-in-mindfulness-and-unconditional/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [Movement helps keep me centered. I am a disaster, for instance, at sitting meditation, but I'm pretty decent at walking meditation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-houston/movement-helps-keep-me-centered-i-am-a-disaster-for-instance-at/)

[Pam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-houston/)

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> [The happiest moments are when we sit down and we feel the presence of our brothers and sisters, lay and monastic, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-happiest-moments-are-when-we-sit-down-and-we-feel-the-presence-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/while-we-are-sitting-in-meditation-we-are-simply-exploring-humanity-2/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [“In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them "thinking", and return to the breath.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/in-sitting-meditation-our-practice-is-to-watch-our-thoughts-arise/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [Many people, including Buddhist monks, spend thousands of hours sitting in what they call meditation. In reality, what they're doing is thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/many-people-including-buddhist-monks-spend-thousands-of-hours-sitting/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [The inner cry is a very good way to meditate. As you're sitting there in meditation, just cry inwardly to God, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-inner-cry-is-a-very-good-way-to-meditate-as-you-re-sitting-there/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [In the practice of sitting meditation you relate to your daily life all the time. Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/in-the-practice-of-sitting-meditation-you-relate-to-your-daily-life/)

[Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/)

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> [If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/if-every-day-you-practice-walking-and-sitting-meditation-and-generate/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/spiritual-practice-is-not-just-sitting-and-meditation-practice-is/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [I think for me to do a traditional sitting meditation I would really have to spend a couple weeks working at it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-dennen/i-think-for-me-to-do-a-traditional-sitting-meditation-i-would-really/)

[Brett Dennen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-dennen/)

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> [While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. We can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/while-we-are-sitting-in-meditation-we-are-simply-exploring-humanity/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment in this body and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/in-sitting-on-the-meditation-cushion-and-assuming-the-meditation/)

[Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/)

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> [When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-sitting-in-meditation-say-that-s-not-my-business-with-every/)

[Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/)

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> [Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/sitting-meditation-gives-us-a-way-to-move-closer-to-our-thoughts-and/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/total-relaxation-is-the-secret-to-enjoying-sitting-meditation-i-sit/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guo-jun/i-tell-my-students-not-to-be-frightened-in-the-history-of-buddhism/)

[Guo Jun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guo-jun/)

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> [“We don't have to be harsh with ourselves when we think, sitting here, that our meditation or our oryoki or the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/we-don-t-have-to-be-harsh-with-ourselves-when-we-think-sitting-here/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pema-chodron-74476.jpg) Pema Chodron 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sitting-meditation/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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