Meditation Quote by Pema Chödrön Download Open image ““Sitting meditation begins with good posture.”” — Pema Chödrön ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Meditation
“In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them "thinking", and return to the breath.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment in this body and on this… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“We practice so that each moment of our life becomes real life. And, therefore, when we meditate, we sit for sitting; we don't sit… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself. — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Position a meditation cushion in an area that you spend a lot of time in. Having it in a place that you see or… — Alexis G. Roldan Copy Share Image
“In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes everyday - unless you're too busy; then you should sit for an hour.” — Sukhraj S. Dhillon Copy Share Image
Meditation practice begins by sitting down and assuming your seat cross-legged on the ground. You begin to feel that by simply being on the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The true practice to meditation is to sit as if you where drinking water when you are thursty. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“LIFE’S work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing? — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“If the object of meditation were something concrete, something solid and graspable - an image or a statue or a dot on the floor… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“The essence of life is that it’s challenging. Sometimes it is sweet, and sometimes it is bitter. Sometimes your body tenses, and sometimes it… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“But in this meditation technique, we are with the out-breath; there's no particular instruction about what to do until the next out-breath.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other people and… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered… — Flume Copy Share Image
An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything… — Bankei Yotaku Copy Share Image
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic.… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect and find… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“...even though [my psychiatrist] understood mor than anyone how much I felt I was losing--in energy, vivacity, and originality--by taking medication, he never was… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
As in any machine, all the wires must be connected to the mains through one main wire. In the same way, you all must… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“But, like all indulgences that are valued not just for their product but for their process, the sento will never entirely disappear. For in… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
It's still possible to savor the remarkable foods that millennia of human ingenuity have teased from milk. A sip of milk itself or a… — Harold McGee Copy Share Image
