Quotes About Meditation

In religion, you're supposed to be somehow in touch with something deep and full of mysteries.

When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.

The purpose of religion is tocontrol yourself, not to criticiseothers.

You must worship the Self in Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.

Those who recite prayers do not pray from their heart but are heard to say the words of the prayers that someone wrote down some time ago.

Prayer is a sacred act for all seasons.

Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that person's resolve.

The gift of prayer is priceless gift.

Prayerful life, blessed life.

The power of prayer is beyond the understanding of man

If you are religious, pray. If you are philosophical, contemplate. If you are spiritual, meditate.

Closing one's eyes when praying doesn't increase the odds of the prayer being answered. It merely decreases the odds of being distracted.

Meditation is not a religion but a scientific way to enhance the concentration power of the mind.

Press them continually with memory and dream and have them waste their Present there.

Religion is what an individual does with his solitariness.

Om is the signature sound of this Universe. It is the soundless sound of existence.

The leaf of the camomile, parboiled in water, conduces to calm. And yet I do not worship it.

After your daily bread, if you ask God for anything, ask 'him' to make you right in the head.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help

Respect the gods and buddhas, but never rely on them.

One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realising this a monk should take no pleasure in the respect of others, but should devote himself to solitude.

People loose tension when they run. The feeling of self respect will almost always increase. You accept yourself a little more.

You can focus your mind. You can respect your body. All of that is important.