“I'm not even sure that Buddhism is a religion really. It seems like more of just a spiritual practice, I'd compare it… — Sienna McQuillen Copy Share Image
If you think of spiritual practice as unpleasant work - it is not spiritual practice as I know it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Thirty years of spiritual practice has given me the realization that emotions are based on our perceptions, whether or not they are… — Michael Beckwith Copy Share Image
We do meditation, spiritual practices in this temporary body. Though this body is temporary, you have to use temporary things to realize… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“three rules for writing as a spiritual practice: (1) Don’t write what you know; (2) Don’t write what you don’t know; and… — Rami Shapiro Copy Share Image
People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Zen is the fastest method I know of, aside from mysticism, of dissolving the fixations people have about spiritual practice and themselves. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most pointedly, nature-based people manifest the very qualities that contemporary psychotherapy, the recovery movement, and spiritual practices continually aim for: a visible… — Chellis Glendinning Copy Share Image
I've always thought of my writing as a spiritual practice. But I think that fiction is the most supernatural kind of writing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Good fiction writers have an instinctive understanding of human nature. That's what makes stories and characters captivating. Good spiritual writers share what… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
Here are two dichotomies here. In the West it is a very physical practice, and even meditation is a practice to become… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Qualities like love and compassion are not just abstract virtues that are the property of saints and adepts. Anyone can develop these… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
Try your best not to get distracted from your goal. Let everything you do be your way of getting closer to your… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
“Guilt is like tarnish on a piece of silver. It effectively obscures beauty and radiance, but can never lessen its true value.… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Writing a diary every evening before going to bed is a good habit. We can record in the diary how much time… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. This means stepping out of ego's… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I'm… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“ Many of us are slaves to our minds. Our own mind is our worst enemy. We try to focus, and our… — Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Meditation is a powerful spiritual practice that can alter your state of mind and change your life. On a spiritual level, regular… — Sarah Rowland Copy Share Image
Children, daily practice of yoga or sun salutations (surya-namaskara) is very good for health and for spiritual practice. Lack of proper exercise… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“We have been cut off from our souls in the West, and because romantic love has become our religion, we think we… — Sarah Bartlett Copy Share Image
“I maintain that Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism all hold up love as an ideal, seek… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Yoga and meditation help us to achieve physical health, emotional balance, more connected relationships, and a more satisfying life. But to measure… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
You impose limits on your true nature of infinite being. Then you get displeased to be only a limited creature. Then you… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The nature of the mind is such that if certain mental qualities are developed on a sound basis, they not only remain,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A lot of people have realized that a good spiritual practice and a good meditation practice have real benefit. It’s not just… — Moby Copy Share Image
Our compassion is the fruit of our spiritual lives; it actually arises spontaneously when formed by intention in our spiritual practice. Love… — Wayne Teasdale Copy Share Image
I know some teachers say that you shouldn't display the psychic powers and other powers referred to as the siddhas, but as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Living on purpose is a lifestyle, a way of being and a lifelong spiritual practice that will refine your Soul. This isn't… — Mastin Kipp Copy Share Image
The only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to… — Krishna Das Copy Share Image
Although natural farming - since it can teach people to cultivate a deep understanding of nature - may lead to spiritual insight,… — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
When we don't nourish ourselves with fresh, healthy food, restful sleep, regular exercise, a daily spiritual practice such as meditation or journaling,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I strove to maintain a spiritual practice, but since I was being pulled in so many directions, I couldn't seem to stay… — Brenda Strong Copy Share Image
Giving thanks is a key that opens a door to greater connectedness and greater participation in the life of the world. It… — David Spangler Copy Share Image
“Ilta had explained that her spiritual practice required representation from at least two genders—whether that was within one person or two didn’t… — Stina Leicht Copy Share Image
Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You can think of spiritual practice as a kind of spiritual re-parenting ... You're offering yourself the two qualities that make up… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Nearly all spiritual practices are based on attention. In fact, whenever you think you have lost the path, or whenever you feel… — Rick Fields Copy Share Image
When you go to the hospital, there are so many medicines. You do not have to take all the medicines; just the… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
It is never a good practice to continue to sleep after sunrise. We should not think of staying in bed once we… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
