Quotes About Meditation

kako je dobro i mudro ne misliti ni o ?emu i mirno udisati taj vlažni šumski sumrak. Sve ostaje na tome: zaviti tijelo što dublje u te sumrake i ta svitanja. Osje?ati oko sebe klokot vrela i miris raslinja i tako ne misliti ništa. Disati.

I soon realized that what I really wanted was time to ruminate, time to observe, and often time to be alone.

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Finding the answer to an eternal question creates bigger questions.

Ponder them. And be guided by the lessons of your nightly dreams.

Io mi immersi di colpo lasciandomi sopra la testa e dietro le spalle ogni suono, come farebbe un grande scrittore.

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer

It is better in prayer to have a heart without words then words without a heart

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

The light of the world will illuminate within you when you fast and purify yourself.

More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it.

From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that.

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.

You can spread your soul over a paddy field, you can whisper to a mango tree, you can feel the earth between your toes and know that this is the place, the place where it begins and ends. But what can you tell to a pile of bricks? The bricks will not be moved (page 87).

Yoga's an amazing release.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance. ...

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.

I'm not teaching you how to move your feet; I'm teaching you how to move your mind

The heart of a human being is no different from the soul of heaven and earth. In your practice always keep in your thoughts the interaction of heaven and earth, water and fire, yin and yang.

In good training, we generate light (wisdom) and heat (compassion)

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.

Consider the ebb and flow of the tide. When waves come to strike the shore, they crest and fall, creating a sound. Your breath should follow the same pattern, absorbing the entire universe in your belly with each inhalation. Know that we all have access to four treasures: the energy of the sun and moon, the breath of heaven, the breath of earth, and the ebb and flow of the tide.