Quotes About Meditation

Il dolore è una cosa da concentrarcisi sopra.

Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith.

Weeks passed, Vincent did nothing - just ate, slept or sat staring at one point. [...] He wandered around the neighborhood in order to stretch his legs or just for pleasure. He walked because he was annoyed to lie, to sit or to stand. When he got tired of walking, he was sitting, lying or standing.

And his idea of solid comfort was to be left in utter solitude for two or three hours.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.

I have always found in my own work—quite different from yours, of course, but possibly we may generalize—that zeroing in tightly on a particular problem is self-defeating. Why not relax and talk about something else, and your unconscious mind—not laboring under the weight of concentrated thought—may solve the problem for you.

He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.

Silencio antes de nacer, silencio después de la muerte, la vida es puro ruido entre dos insondables silencios.

La mente es mucho mas interesante que el cuerpo.

I've been so thoroughly incorporated into the California culture that I practice meditation and go to a therapist, even though I always set a trap: during my meditation I invent stories to keep from being bored, and in therapy I invent stories to keep from boring the psychologist.

A escrita é uma longa introspecção, é uma viagem até às cavernas mais obscuras da consciência, uma lenta meditação. Escrevo às apalpadelas no silêncio e pelo caminho descubro partículas de verdade, pequenos cristais que cabem na palma da mão e justificam a minha passagem por este mundo.(...)

La vida es un ruido entre dos grandes silencios

La escritura es una larga introspección, es un viaje hacia las cavernas más oscuras de la conciencia, una lenta meditación. Escribo a tientas en el silencio y por el camino descubro partículas de verdad, pequeños cristales que caben en la palma de una mano y justifican mi paso por este mundo.

Scrisul e o introspectie indelungata, o calatorie catre grotele cele mai ascunse ale constiintei, o meditatie lenta. Scriu pipaind tacerea, descoperind particule de adevar, mici cristale care-mi cad in palma si-mi justifica trecerea pe aceasta lume.

The wise man desires nothing; he does not judge, he makes no plans, he keeps his mind open and his

El sabio nada desea, no juzga, no hace planes, mantiene su mente abierta y su corazón en paz»

Writing is a long process of introspection; it is a voyage toward the darkest caverns of consciousness, a long, slow meditation. I write feeling my way in silence, and along the way discover particles of truth, small crystals that fit in the palm of one hand and justify my passage through this world.

En la práctica de meditación, que lo había mantenido sobrio durante años, Richard había tratado de aprender los fundamentos zen, estar atento al momento presente, comenzar de nuevo con cada respiración, pero la habilidad de poner la mente en blanco se le escapaba. Su

I need nothing, he told himself with the cunning pride of those with a calling for solitude.

templos para hacer sus ofrendas, girar las ruedas de oración, y encender

Por muy hondo que Brunswick respirara y por muy intensamente que meditara, seguía siendo un nudo de nervios.

Apropos of the observatory

la vida es puro ruido entre dos insondables silencios.

La base del budismo es la compasión hacia todo lo que vive o existe. Dijo que cada uno debe buscar la verdad o la iluminación dentro de sí mismo, no en otros o en cosas externas. Por eso los monjes budistas no andan predicando, como nuestros misioneros, sino que pasan la mayor parte de sus vidas en serena meditación, buscando su propia verdad. Sólo poseen sus túnicas, sus sandalias y sus escudillas para mendigar comida. No les interesan los bienes materiales