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Meditation Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
- We are slaves of what we don't know;of what we know we are masters.Whatever vice or weakness in ourselves we discoverand understand its cause and…
- Live your life without hurting anybody. Harmlessness is a most powerful form of Yoga and it will take you speedily to your goal. This is…
- Meditation is a deliberate attempt to pierce into the higher states of consciousness and finally go beyond it. The art of meditation is the art…
- Whatever you may have to do, watch your mind. Also you must have moments of complete inner peace and quiet, when your mind is absolutely…
- You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the mind is quiet,…
- Stop, look, investigate, ask the right questions, come to the right conclusions and have the courage to act on them and see what happens. The…
- Detach yourself from all that makes your mind restless. Renounce all that disturbs its peace. If you want peace, deserve it. By being a slave…
- Watch your thoughts as you watch the street traffic. People come and go; you register without response. It may not be easy in the beginning,…
- Pain is physical; suffering is mental. Beyond the mind there is no suffering. Pain is essential for the survival of the body, but none compels…
- Whatever state I am in, I see it as a state of mind to be accepted as it is.
- The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all the courage to…
- There is only one meditation - the rigorous refusal to harbor thoughts.
- When pain is accepted for what it is, a lesson and a warning, and deeply looked into and heeded, the separation between pain and pleasure…
- The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach the source of…
- A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet. As the sun on rising makes the world…
- Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is the primary, the…
More Meditation Quotes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in… — Teresa of Avila
- No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. — Walter Bagehot
- Meditation state is a place of deep relaxation where you can pinpoint the things you do and to set a paradigm switch… — Roseanne Barr
- Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. — Josh Billings
- I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles. — Russell Brand
- When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your… — David Brainerd
- We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation… — Pearl S. Buck
- The mind is more powerful than anything. So, during the birth I wasn't thinking about the pain. I was in a meditation… — Gisele Bundchen