Quotes About Meditation

The awakened state of enlightenment is your own awareness that is naturally awake. (p. 102)

When you hear pleasant or unpleasant words, understand them to be an empty resounding, like an echo. When you encounter severe misfortune and misery, understand it to be a temporary occurrence, a deluded experience. Recognize that the innate nature is never apart from you... (p. 29)

Fortunate ones, mingle your mind with the Dharma and the happiness of buddhahood will manifest within you! (p. 108)

Unless you realize that your own mind is the buddha, you will be deceived by the multitude of conceptual thoughts. So realize that your own mind is the buddha!

Solitude is the source of happiness

To be a hermit doesn't just mean to live in the deep forest; it means that one's mind is free from dualistic constructs.

Buddhahood is attained by recognizing one's nature.

Do you not see the Madonna always beside the tabernacle?

Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.

Open your mind and clear it of all thoughts that would deceive.

there's no such thing as an idle thought and that all of us are way too cavalier and tolerant of our minds' wandering.

The second, first thought.

When, while, while when you walk.

Il viaggio immobile è il più difficile di tutti, perché non hai scampo, sei solo con te stesso, in preda alle visioni, e lasciarsi andare è facile, quasi naturale.

However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.

The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.

Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.

Stillness is the altar of spirit.

We listen for guidance everywhere except from within.

Zen Judaism: For You, a Little Enlightenment

Le livre est un morceau de silence dans les mains du lecteur. Celui qui écrit se tait. Celui qui lit ne rompt pas le silence.

Un livre est un peu de silence entre les mains du lecteur. Celui qui écrit calme. Celui qui le lit ne rompt pas le silence.

Por vezes é suficiente a bruma ou a montanha. Por vezes uma árvore que se inclina sob as rajadas do vento é suficiente. Por vezes a noite é suficiente, e não o sonho que torna presente à alma aquilo que lhe falta ou que perdeu.

This is the hour of silence. In no way does silence mean lack of sound: it means a state in which the ear is the most alert.