Buddhism Quote by Guo Jun

“Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we sit in meditation, we are closer than usual to the world as it is. By simply bringing body, breath, and mind together…

— Andrew Furst

Fear is very often a part of the spiritual path. When people sit down and meditate it's not at all uncommon for fear to…

— Adyashanti

“Meditation is an invitation to notice when we reach our limit and to not get carried away by hope and fear.”

— Pema Chödrön

“I read of a Buddhist teacher who developed Alzheimer's. He had retired from teaching because his memory was unreliable, but he made one exception…

— Mary Bray Pipher

“A recently deceased American Zen master and navy veteran, John Daido Loori, used to say that those who think Buddhism is just about stillness…

— Mark Epstein

“Fear comes in many different forms. It is especially lethal when it comes in a spiritual form.”

— Art Hochberg

“Then there was Buddha meddling in, telling all of the Hindu, Hebrew, Christian and Islamic gods and demons that they were nothing more than…

— Andrew James Pritchard

“[...] Buddhism has been so much admired mainly for what it is not.”

— Anonymous

“So when we make contact with the domain of being in the meditation practice, we are already, in a profound sense, beyond the scarring,…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

“This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.”

— Pema Chödrön