25 quotes
“The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.”
— Milarepa
“We sit together the mountain and me until only the mountain remains.”
— Li Bai
“We sit together the mountain and me until only the mountain remains”
“The act of meditation is being spacious and allowing thoughts to dissolve on their own”
— Sogyal Rinpoche
“Sleep is the best meditation.”
— Dalai Lama
“If every eight year old in the world is taught meditation we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.”
“Remember, it is being aware of thoughts, not getting rid of them, that is the point.”
— Andy Puddicombe
“Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.”
— Francis of Assisi
“Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.”
— Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
“The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present.”
“Meditation is the ultimate mobile device you can use it anywhere anytime unobtrusively”
— Sharon Salzberg
“Meditation is not about feeling a certain way its about feeling the way you feel”
— Bhante Gunaratana
“The world is its own magic and the practice of meditation is to see that magic”
— Shunryu Suzuki
“People look for retreats for themselves in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. But nowhere can a person retreat more peacefully than into their own soul.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“Suffering is due to our disconnection with the inner soul. Meditation is establishing that connection.”
— Patanjali
“The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go”
— Mooji
“We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.”
“Do not just do something, sit there.”
— Sylvia Boorstein
“The goal of meditation is not to control your thoughts, it is to stop letting them control you.”
— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
“Meditation is not about trying to throw yourself away and become something better. It is about befriending who you are already.”
— Chogyam Trungpa
“True meditation is not about controlling or changing anything it is about falling in love with what is”
— Jeff Foster
“Meditation is not about becoming a different person, a new person, or even a better person. It is about training in awareness.”
— Jack Kornfield
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