Quotes About Awareness

Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.

As rain pours through poorly thatched houses, so does desire penetrate an undeveloped mind.

We have to establish ourselves in the here and now in order to truly eat. All through the meal, we should really be here with the people at the table. As we chew our food, we should really be here with what we are eating. We can get deeply in touch with the food, which is a gift from the earth and sky.

In what spirit is this explanation given? Without being caught up in signs, just according to things as they are, without agitation.

Jesus Christ is still manifesting himself in many thousands of ways. He is manifesting himself all around you. We need to be alert in order to recognize his manifestations. If you are not mindful or attentive, you will miss him because you will miss his manifestations.

You have feet, and if you don't make use of them it's a loss and a waste. Someone is telling you now so that in the future you cannot say: "No one told me that it was important to enjoy using my feet.

When our beliefs are based on our own direct

Understanding is the foundation of love.

Debes saber cómo desembarazarte de las cosas que te hacen sufrir. Puedes alcanzar la felicidad soltando…, soltando incluso tus ideas sobre la felicidad. Quizás creas que para ser feliz debes cumplir determinados requisitos, pero, si observas profundamente, descubrirás que son precisamente esas mismas nociones las que te impiden alcanzar la felicidad y acaban haciéndote sufrir.

Calming, Smiling, Present moment, Wonderful moment.

mindfulness o la plena consciencia puede ayudarte también a establecer, en tu interior, los cimientos de la libertad, la paz y el amor.

Soldiers fear the frontier post, monks fear the Surangama Dharani!

When you put a piece of bread into your mouth, chew only your bread and not your projects, worries, fears, or anger.

Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Meditation is essential for our survival.

A meditation center, for example, is only a form. In our daily life we need forms, but we do not need to cling to them. We can study and practice meditation anywhere.

What we lack is not an ideology or a doctrine that will save the world. What we lack is mindfulness of what we are, of what our situation really is.

Understanding is love's other name.

People ask me, "Why do you do walking meditation?" The best answer I can give is, "Because I like it.

To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one's perception of reality

Without reason, there is no concentration. Without concentration, there is no reason.

Do not allow your heart to whirl in the pleasures of senses.

Unchecked craving strangles the careless man.

If you have mindfulness, if you feel safe, you recognize that you have plenty of conditions to be happy already, and that you don't need to run into the future in order to get a few more conditions.

Curb your speech, restrain your mind, commit no evil deed.