Answers Quote by Sri Chinmoy

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.

— Pema Chodron

The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world or, to put it another…

— Matthieu Ricard

To meditate is to discover new possibilities, to awaken the capacities of us has to live more wisely, more lovingly, more compassionately, and more…

— Jack Kornfield

The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world.

— Matthieu Ricard

I don't think anyone knows why they meditate. As a matter of fact I'm not even sure that we do meditate. All we know…

— Frederick Lenz

To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings our minds, and in the world. When…

— Nhat Hanh

Some people meditate because they want to get the larger picture on life. It could get kind of discouraging if this was all there…

— Frederick Lenz

Meditating means bringing the mind back to something again and again. Thus, we all meditate, but unless we direct it in some way, we…

— Bill Vaughan

Our life interferes, our mind, our thoughts. Meditating is not just a practice of asserting will and learning to control the mind, it is…

— Frederick Lenz

Some people meditate because they need more energy and when you meditate you get a tremendous amount of energy.

— Frederick Lenz

Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to ourselves, where…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

To meditate means to return to your natural state of being, without any confusion about who you truly are. When you realize who you…

— Ritu Ghatourey