“Holding onto anger is
like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”
“What you think, you
become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.”
“Meditation
brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you
forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”
“There are only two
mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not
starting.”
“No one saves us but
ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
“If a man’s thoughts are
muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe?
Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear
the yellow robe.”
“Anger will never
disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger
will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.”
“Your
body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.”
“For soon the body is
discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the
ground, Then what does it know? Your worst enemy cannot harm you As much as
your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, No one can help you as much,
Not even your father or your mother.”
“One should strive to
understand what underlies sufferings and diseases – and aim for health and
well-being while gaining in the path.”
“If you are quiet
enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go
with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.”
“Feelings come and go
like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”– Thich
Nhat Hahn
“Meditation is a process
of lightening up, of trusting the basic goodness of what we have and who we
are, and of realizing that any wisdom that exists, exists in what we already
have. We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what
we’re doing rather than trying to improve or change or get rid of who we are or
what we’re doing. The key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive
and curious about ourselves.”– Pema
Chodron
“To understand the
immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.”– Jiddu
Krishnamurti
“Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.”
“Meditation will not carry you to another world, but it will reveal the most profound and awesome dimensions of the world in which you already live. Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.”
“Give the child a taste
of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and
silence.”– Swami Dhyan Giten
“Meditation is like a
gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.”– Ajahn
Brahm
“Touch your inner space,
which is nothingness, as silent and empty as the sky; it is your inner sky.
Once you settle down in your inner sky, you have come home, and a great
maturity arises in your actions, in your behavior. Then whatever you do has
grace in it. Then whatever you do is a poetry in itself. You live poetry; your
walking becomes dancing, your silence becomes music.”– Osho
“With every breath, the old moment is lost; a new moment arrives. We exhale and we let go of the old moment. It is lost to us. In doing so, we let go of the person we used to be. We inhale and breathe in the moment that is becoming. In doing so, we welcome the person we are becoming. We repeat the process. This is meditation. This is renewal. This is life.”
“The act of meditation is being spacious.”
“We must experience the Truth in a direct, practical and real way. This is only possible in the stillness and silence of the mind; and this is achieved by means of meditation.”
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water. Now
you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it
becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water
can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
– Bruce Lee
“In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practicing meditation.”
“Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.”
“If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.”
“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.”
“The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a center of peace.”
“Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.”
“Don’t hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that
do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the start, is
beyond thought, so that no matter what, you never get involved with thoughts.
Illuminate original mind, and no other understanding is necessary.”
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