Quotes About Meditation

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.

Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.

She was thinking. i could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother for her.

She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.

Under the thinning fog the surf curled and creamed, almost without sound, like a thought trying to form itself on the edge of consciousness.

And the freest of all is the philosopher who thinks so little of the ceaseless flow of time as to step out of it. This is why the philosopher often appears ridiculous in the practical affairs of life, because he or she has stepped out of the rush of time.

epimeleia heautou

In order to heal the external world, we must begin within. Reality is always a reflection of what's on the inside. It's a law:

A desk is no place to think on the large scale.

Introspection is often portrayed as an indoor, solitary thing, the monk in his cell, the writer at her desk.

for pilgrims, walking is work.

T]he right way to pray is not to beg, but to picture good things, to banish all bad things from our mind.

Thought that is worth calling thought has no mercy on itself, that is the dreadful proof of its quality.

Know your mind and see your nature.

the use of prajna in the title tells us this is a text that goes beyond the analysis of reality into discrete, knowable entities, such as those used by the Sarvastivadins. Thus, Zen masters ask their students to show them their original face, their face before they were born.

The Buddha asks us to see things as they really are. He does not ask us to cling to optimistic views of eternity or pessimistic views of annihilation but simply to examine our experience.

Reginald Hill

IT IS SAID that if you want to know what you were doing in the past, look at your body now; if you want to know what will happen to you in the future, look at what your mind is doing now.

IF ONE'S LIFE is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, shelter to protect yourself from the elements. And finally, there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

JUNE 5 IN THE MEDITATION of mental quiescence, in the nine states of mind, there is a state where striving must be abandoned; an effortless concentration is necessary at a certain stage. It is effortless: that means your mind becomes very tranquil — with good qualities and its character complete. At that moment, if you make an effort that disturbs the tranquillity. So in order to maintain that pure tranquillity effortless effort must be used.

ONE OF THE things that meditation teaches us, when we slowly descend into ourselves, is that the sense of peace already exists in us. We all have a deep desire for it even if it's often hidden, masked, thwarted. If we examine human nature carefully, it is good, well disposed, helpful. And it seems to me that nowadays the spirit of harmony is increasing, that our desire to live together calmly is growing stronger and stronger; it's more and more widespread.

No puedo decir nada, salvo leer y recordar frases ajenas.

Richard A. LaFleur

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