MEDITATION QUOTES FOR PRACTICE, INSPIRATION, AND LIVING

As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the impurities of the attributes of delusion, attachment and purity through meditation and attains Reality. – Adi Shankara

You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation. – A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami

If you have time to breathe you have time to meditate. You breathe when you walk. You breathe when you stand. You breathe when you lie down. – Ajahn Amaro

If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts. – Alan Cohen6

If you can’t meditate in a boiler room, you can’t meditate. – Alan Watts

Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment. – Alan Watts

Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity. – Allan Lokos

So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates. – Allan Lokos

While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along. – Allan Lokos

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. – Amit Ray

Life is a mystery – mystery of beauty, bliss and divinity. Meditation is the art of unfolding that mystery. – Amit Ray7

Meditate, Visualize and Create your own reality and the universe will simply reflect back to you. – Amit Ray

Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divine within you. – Amit Ray

Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding. – Amit Ray

Suffering is due to our disconnection with the inner soul. Meditation is establishing that connection – Amit Ray

If it weren’t for my mind, my meditation would be excellent. – Ani Pema Chodron

Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better, it’s about befriending who we are. – Ani Pema Chodron6

Silence is not an absence but a presence. – Anne D. LeClaire

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

Words are but the shell; meditation is the kernel. – Bahya ibn Paquda

Through meditation, the Higher Self is experienced. – Bhagavad Gita

When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a candle in a windless place. – Bhagavad Gita

The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side. – Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded. – Buddha

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. – Buddha

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting. – Buddha

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind. – Buddha6

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. – Buddha

You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself. – Buddha

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. – Buddha

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind. – Caroline Myss7

This is universal. You sit and observe your breath. You can’t say this is a Hindu breath or a Christian breath or a Muslim breath. – Charles Johnson

To earn the trust of your meditation, you have to visit it every day. It’s like having a puppy. – Chelsea Richer

The things that trouble our spirits are within us already. In meditation, we must face them, accept them, and set them aside one by one. – Cristopher L Bennett

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. – Dalai Lama

If every 8-year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation. – Dalai Lama

The thing about meditation is that you become more and more YOU. – David Lynch

You don’t need any methods to get rid of the wrong ideas you have about yourself. All you have to do is stop believing them. The best way to do this is to replace them with ideas that more accurately reflect the real state of affairs. – Annamalai Swami