Quotes About Meditation

Do not be downcast, but marshal all your powers; Make an effort; be the master of yourself! Practice the equality of self and other; Practice the exchange of self and other.

Thus the state of Buddhahood depends On beings and on Buddhas equally. What kind of practice is it then That honors only Buddhas but not beings?

When shall I be able to allay and quench The dreadful heat of suffering's blazing fires With plenteous rains of my own bliss That pour torrential from my clouds of merit?

Al igual que un viajero no tiene apego a la posada donde se hospeda durante una noche, yo tampoco debo tener apego a este cuerpo, que es mi posada solo durante este renacimiento.

Penetrative insight joined with calm abiding Utterly eradicates afflicted states. Knowing this, first search for calm abiding, Found by people who are happy to be free from worldly ties.

Como la luna nueva, viviré en todas partes sin compañía.

El que Todo lo Sabe ha dicho que todas las oraciones y toda la ascética, no importa por cuanto tiempo se practiquen, se cultivan en vano si el pensamiento permanece indolente o distraído.

Just as on a dark night black with clouds, The sudden lightning glares and all is clearly shown, Likewise rarely, through the Buddhas' power, Virtuous thoughts rise, brief and transient, in the world.

Que se le tema a lo que produce dolor. Pero, ¿qué temor puede sentirse ante la vacuidad que aquieta todo dolor? Si se cree que el yo es algo, habrá temor aquí y allá. Si se reconoce que el yo no es nada, ¿quién va a tener miedo?.

The source of sorrow is the pride of saying "I," It's fostered and increased by false belief in self. To this you may believe that there is no redress, But meditation on no-self will be the supreme way.

But perhaps peace was not in a place but within one's self.

I enjoy mowing the lawn, it relaxes me. It gets me outdoors, it's good exercise, the freshly cut grass smells great, and the engine is loud enough that I'm sure no one else can hear my thoughts — or intrude upon them.

Tea is instant wisdom — just add water!

Aman cant spend his life with only one thought

Once in a while you have to take a break and visit yourself.

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

Quien estimula la reflexión es un artesano de la sabiduría.

At this age, I should be leading a quiet life.

With sober prayer on Jesus call; Let tears with our strong crying fall; Sleep cannot on the pure soul steal That supplicates with fervent zeal.

Darken your room, shut the door, empty your mind. Yet you are still in great company - the Numen and your Genius with all their media, and your host of elementals and ghosts of your dead loves — are there! They need no light by which to see, no words to speak, no motive to enact except through your own purely formed desire.

In our solitariness... great depths are sometimes sounded. Truth hideth in company.

Servitude to law is the hatred of Heaven.58 Only self-love is the eternal all-pleasing, which is achieved by meditation on this radiant self which is mystic joyousness.

At that time of ecstasy there is no thought of others; there is NO THOUGHT. Thither I go and none may lead.

The brain that bubbles with phrases has hard work to collect its thoughts.