Change Quote by Henepola Gunaratana Download Open image “The purpose of meditation is personal transformation.” — Henepola Gunaratana ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Change Meditation Personal transformation Purpose Transformation
“Meditation is an excellent habit and tool for transformation, however your ‘practice’ should eventually evolve into your natural primary state of being.” — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
Meditation has become an ingrained part of my everyday life that helps me feel so much more centered, patient and compassionate. It even gives… — Tim McCarthy Copy Share Image
Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought. — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Meditation is a way of moving into the unlimited dimension of who you are - it is the ultimate freedom. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Meditation is the alchemy of transforming. The unconscious into the conscious. It gives you a tremendous power, Far greater than anger, greed and lust. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach the source… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Meditation is like the moon: it transforms the energy of lust into love, anger into compassion, greed into sharing, aggressiveness into receptivity, ego into… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice of meditation provides a… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the sky-like nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-in-the-present, to… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“we try mentally to grab onto it or push it away. That sets the worry response in motion.” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain-just watch it come up and don't get involved. Much to your surprise,… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“You can learn to perceive your life as an ever-flowing movement. You can learn to see the continuous flow of all conditioned” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“We spend all of our energies trying to make ourselves feel better, trying to bury our fears, endlessly seeking security.” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
You can't ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to” — Phil Hogan Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred… — Jill Stein Copy Share
Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose it's direction. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Stay focused on bringing people together and more on positive messaging so that you can be the change you wish to see in the… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the empty nest is learning to put myself first. I know that I have raised my sons to be big, strong, independent men who love God, themselves and care for others. I have to learn to let… — Kim Alexis Copy Share
“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
