Quotes About Meditation

The true philosophical act is the slaying of the self; this is the real beginning of all philosophy, therein lies the requirement for all philosophic youths, and only this act answers all criteria and conditions for the transcendental deed.

Two thoughts cannot coexist at the same time: if the clear light of mindfulness is present, there is no room for mental twilight.

This is an example of the effective method of 'transforming disturbances of meditation into objects of meditation' which will be treated later.

Bilmiyorum, bazen kar??t?r?yorum; özellikle, ba??mda u?ultular oldu?u zamanlar. Onun gibi dü?ünmeyi bilmek isterdim.

Clover missed his "me-time.

Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that person's resolve.

God is not to be prayed to. Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that persons resolve.

This means God is not to be prayed to. Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that persons resolve. If they're used that way, they can help us in our only real relationship with God.

Prayers only help the person doing the praying.

One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts by it as well as his hands and feet.

When I am alone, I love the wide roads. There, I have conversations with myself. My free steps move easily and my body leaves my spirit free of obstacles; it discourses, it reasons, it presses me with questions.

The Buddhist teachings move along a graduated path: first the stages of calm abiding and then the stages of deep insight. Through such gradual practices, lamas of the past gave birth to realization in their mental continuum and discovered primordial wisdom. All the qualities that the great masters found, we can attain as well. It all depends on our own efforts, our diligence, our deeper knowing, and our correct motivation. – 17th Karmapa

True peace cannot be achieved by force or by merely invoking the word "peace." It can only be attained by training the mind and learning to cultivate inner peace. Peace is a calm and gentle state of mind. - 17th Karmapa

Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone.

The seeker for perfection must discover in his own life the reflection of the inner light.

The ideal lover of flowers is he who visits them in their native haunts, like Taoyuenming who sat before a broken bamboo fence in converse with the wild chrysanthemum, or Linwosing, losing himself amid mysterious fragrance as he wandered in the twilight among the plum-blossoms of the Western Lake. 'Tis said that Chowmushih slept in a boat so that his dreams might mingle with those of the lotus..

A cluster of summer trees, A bit of the sea, A pale evening moon. It is not difficult to gather his meaning. He wished to create the attitude of a newly-awakened soul still lingering amid shadowy dreams of the past, yet bathing in the sweet unconsciousness of a mellow spiritual light, and yearning for the freedom that lay in the expanse beyond.

The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding.

perhaps solitude has stretched out his thoughts into long strands, and accustomed him to internal dialogues.

For the best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding.

Perhaps that's the whole point of prayer—to think to yourself in peace, to want nothing, to ask for nothing, but simply to sort out your own mind. That should be enough.

Izydor couldn't care less about either the Party or going to church. Now he needed time for thinking, remembering Ruta, for reading, for learning German, for writing letters, collecting stamps, staring at his skylight, and gradually, idly sensing the order of the universe.

As I stood there, gazing at the pulpits, I could turn around at any moment to take gentle hold of the sharp, jagged line of the horizon as if it were a strand of hair. To look beyond it.

Zobacz – powiedzia? do swojej kobiety, która przysiad?a na por?czy krzes?a z palcami u?o?onymi w lecznicze mudry – oto jest Nic, które zawiera niesko?czon? liczb? wymiarów wszystkiego.