Quotes About Meditation

The sage is still not because he takes stillness to be good and therefore is still. The ten thousand things are insufficient to distract his mind - that is the reason he is still.

Si tu veux trouver la paix, immerge-toi dans la bienveillance, éteins tous les désirs dans ton coeur, retire-toi dans la solitude

Emptiness is the fasting of the mind.

Now you, Sir, have a large tree, and you don't know how to use it, so why not plant it in the middle of nowhere, where you can go to wander or fall asleep under its shade? No axe under Heaven will attack it, nor shorten its days, for something which is useless will never be disturbed.

I'm going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to listen recklessly.

You will always find an answer in the sound of water.

Ja sinulla on iso puu, etkä tiedä, mitä sillä tekisit! Mikset siirrä sitä tyhjälle kentälle tai asumattomaan metsään? Siellä voisit rauhassa kuljeskella sen ympärillä tai levätä sen siimeksessä. Se olisi turvassa kirveeltä, eikä kukaan vahingoittaisi sitä, sillä ellei siitä olisi hyötyä muille, mikä sitä silloin vahingoittaisi?

The True Men of old used the eye to look at the eye, the ear to look at the ear, the heart to recover the heart. Such men as that when they were level were true to the carpenter's line, when they were altering stayed on course.

Work might come later, but for now, he needed God's perspective. And the only way to get it was to stop, look, listen, and remember the goodness and greatness of Almighty God.

Times of isolation with God will precede the times of inspiration we receive from God."—IKE REIGHARD

Thinking begins when you ask really difficult questions.

I kept motionless and tried to think like a tree.

Life is in infinite motion; at the same time it is motionless.

Pay attention to peace; peace is all that matters.

Reading is a beautiful prayer for knowledge.

See yourself in the mirror of your mind to find yourself.

Thoughts are supreme. It is driving the car we call life. So to reach the deserved destination, think right.

Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.

Canning is a whole world of a thing to do. It requires that you get out of your head. It's a Zen thing. You cannot be wondering about your inadequacies and how they drove Bob off and be making jelly. You'll wind up with big, cylindrical jujubes.

We all seek peace," the abbot said. "The trick is finding the path that leads to it.

Mirror, mirror, shining bright, bring more clarity to my sight.

It is feeling and not reasoning that drives one to prayer.' -Emma to Charles

Too much of oneself can be projected into the silence

Remove the Curtain of your Heart and see the Beloved sitting inside yourself. Close your Ears to the Outside and hear the Cosmic Sound going on within you. Intro to Part 2, Chapter 1. Credit given to Mira, poet-saint of Rajastan.