Practice Quotes

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Simply notice that you're aware. At any given moment, you can choose to follow the chain of thoughts, emotions, and sensations that reinforce a perception… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Whatever state I am in, I see it as a state of mind to be accepted as it is. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
There is only one meditation - the rigorous refusal to harbor thoughts. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters. — Ramana Maharshi
Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first… — Ramana Maharshi
The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything. — Ramana Maharshi
Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice meditation to still… — Ramana Maharshi
From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind unceasingly investigates its… — Ramana Maharshi
Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting… — Ramana Maharshi
See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject. — Ramana Maharshi

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