Quotes About Meditation

No sé rezar, Lucía. —Cada uno lo hace a su manera. Para mí rezar es relajarme y confiar en el misterio de la existencia.

Cada uno lo hace a su manera. Para mí rezar es relajarme y confiar en el misterio de la existencia.

Whereas a lot of Buddhism concerns itself with stages of enlightenment, various precepts and moral codes, and even power structures and hierarchies, Zen is just like, 'Shut up, sit down, and observe your thoughts - oh, and by the way, what you perceive as you' doesn't actually exist.' I loved the minimalist approach of it.

Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though it cannot be solved - is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.

Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity.

I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.

It is not good to talk about Zen, because Zen is nothingness... If you talk about it, you are always lying, and if you don't talk about it, no one knows it is there.

Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation.

Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If it's Christianity, which is a very structured approach, or if it's something that's a little more open-ended... like, Zen's something you can make yourself a part of. You can interpret it for yourself, like Taoism and stuff like that.

The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.

I'm a walker, whether that's a stroll on the beach at sunset or getting up at eight o'clock on a Sunday morning and doing an eight-hour hike through a canyon. It's Zen time for me.

One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.

I like the Zen artists: they'd do some work, and then they'd stop for a while.

Anything by D. H. Lawrence or Jean Genet - 'Zen Mind,' 'Beginner's Mind' is my daily go to for non-fiction.

I have a profound affection for Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism's particular ways of meditating.

I read a lot of Zen books. And I grew up surfing, so that has always been my escape.

Today, I regularly attend two Buddhist organizations, the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Against the Stream, but I also attend certain Christian functions. I try to cultivate a generous, kind spirit and am open to anything to help get me there.

I am a very spiritual person: I could say a Catholic with a strong underpinning of Zen.

Some days I paint and write and meditate, but some days I just sit about with zero motivation. I think that's natural though.

I guess I always need some kind of solitude to get to that place where I am open enough and have zero distractions to start on the initial ideas for songs.

I like to shower for a really long time; that's a distraction-free zone for me.

In jail, you just zone out, so that's the thing. That's like a cheat code.

I find it really difficult to turn my head off. I find it difficult to zone out.