Quotes About Meditation

In a family, if there is one person who practices mindfulness, the entire family will be more mindful.

Life is enhanced and ultimately perfected by inward development.

We practice so that each moment of our life becomes real life. And, therefore, when we meditate, we sit for sitting; we don't sit for something else.

If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive.

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

Just as an arrow smith shapes an arrow to perfection with fire, so does the wise man shape his mind.

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!

He whispered to himself, "If I do not find the Way, I will not return to Kapilavatthu.

While the realm of no materiality was a precious fruit of meditation, it did not help resolve the fundamental problem of birth and death, nor did it liberate one from all suffering and anxiety. It did not lead to total liberation.

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

A Buddha is a person who has no more business to do and isn't looking for anything. In doing nothing, in simply stopping, we can live freely and be true to ourselves, and our liberation will contribute to the liberation of all beings.

A physicist who is able to see the interpenetration and interbeing of elementary particles without going beyond his or her intellect has, from the viewpoint of Buddhist liberation, attained just a decorative facade. -Someone who studies Buddhism without practicing meditation has also accumulated knowledge only as decoration.

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.

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

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

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

The bikku should not rest content until mental intoxicants are fully extinct.

Place your left hand, palm side up, in your right palm. Let all the muscles in your hands, fingers, arms, and legs relax. Let go of everything.

shortest distance possible, finally reaching the bottom, the point of perfect rest.

The ground for action is to be. Walk, sit, and eat in such a way that peace is possible in the here and the now.

If you truly practice mindfulness, it will never cause harm. If the practice doesn't bring about more compassion, then it's not right mindfulness.