Quotes About Meditation

Nebulat ergo cogito.

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro" (T. Kempis)

Io non vi dico di prepararvi all'altra vita, ma di usare bene quest'unica vita che vi è data, per affrontare quando verrà, l'unica morte di cui avrete mai esperienza. E' necessario meditare prima, e molte volte, sull'arte del morire, per riuscire a farlo bene una sola volta

of knowledge is for monks.

You have only to look, you who still have your sight, at the capitals of your cloister." And he motioned with his hand beyond the window, toward the church. "Before the eyes of monks intent on meditation, what is the meaning of those ridiculous grotesques, those monstrous shapes and shapely monsters?

This was my master's way. He not only knew how to read the great book of nature, but also knew the way monks read the books of Scripture, and how they thought through them. A gift that, as we shall see, was to prove useful to him in the days to follow.

Tôi Ä'ã Ä'i cùng kh?p, ki?m sá»± an bình, r?t cuá»™c ch? tìm th?y nó khi ng?i ? má»™t góc phòng vá»›i má»™t quy?n sách mà thôi…

La raíz es Aum o Um, que por lo demás es el Om budista, es el nombre de Dios en la lengua adámica. Um es una sílaba que, debidamente pronunciada, se convierte en un mantra poderosísimo y provoca en la psique corrientes fluídicas de armonía a través de la siakra o Plexo Frontal.

Whoever reflects on four things, it were better he had never been born: that which is above, that which is below, that which is before, and that which is after. —Talmud, Hagigah 2.1

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.

When we practice a rule of prayer, prayer gradually becomes a holy habit, something we do that is not dependent on feelings or moods or our ability to articulate well. It becomes central to our lives and strengthens our connections to God.

Valmiki the Poet held all the moving world inside a water drop in his hand. The gods and saints from heaven looked down on Lanka, And Valmiki looked down at the gods in the morning of Time.

As for methods of prayer, all are good, as long as they are sincere.

I think, therefore I doubt.

The best way to look at the soul is through closed eyes.

To speak out aloud when alone is as it were to have a dialogue with the divinity which is within.

Sometimes he dug in his garden; again, he read or wrote. He had but one word for both these kinds of toil; he called them gardening. The mind is a garden, said he.

When one has but a single idea he finds in it everything.

He loved to saunter through fields of wild oats and corn-flowers, and busied himself with clouds nearly as much as with events.

La pensée est le labeur de l'intelligence, la rêverie en est la volupté.

Quant au mode de prier, peu importe le nom, pourvu qu'il soit sincère. Tournez votre livre à l'envers et soyez à l'infini As for how you pray, the words do not matter if they are sincere. Turn your prayer book upside down and face the infinite.

Indeed, what more could you want? A little garden to amble about in, and infinite space to dream in. At his feet, whatever could be grown and gathered; over his head, whatever could be studied and meditated upon; a few flowers on the ground and all the stars in the sky.

Make thought a whirlwind.

By continually going out for reverie, a day comes when you go out to drown yourself.