3,675 Quotes About Meditation

Prayer is asking; Meditation is listening.

It is not so much being all that we dream of becoming as it is un-becoming all that is covering our being.

A true religious person should not think that “my religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.” Other religions are also so many paths leading to the same domain of transcendental bliss. Likewise, no person should think “my perception of the reality is the only absolute reality, and all others’ are false”, because each human brain has its own unique way of perceiving the reality.

Oh precious Lord!Oh precious Lord!Thou know them allThe thought of my mindAnd the desires of my heartThou know them allOh precious Lord! Oh precious Lord!Thou know them allOh precious Lord!Oh precious Lord!Thou know them allDarkness I seeThe joy I want but I can't seeThou know them allOh precious Lord! Oh precious LordThou know them allOh precious Lord!Oh precious Lord!Thou know them allDesires that blindfoldThe end untoldThou know them allOh precious Lord! Oh precious Lord!Thou know them all

Music, dance and meditation are the best medicine for body, soul and spirit.

Whatever activity one sees in this world, it is discharge of previously charged karma. Man has nothing to do with it. He only does egoism here of, ‘I did samayik (introspective meditation).’ He creates a karmic account! He becomes entrapped! He takes enjoyment from tasting sweetness of subtle pride of doer-ship.

If a person does five samayiks (introspective meditation) he will say, ‘I did five’- and this is how he will taste the sweetness of the subtle-pride of doership. Actually what he should say is, ‘it was due to God’s grace that I was able to do five samayik’. He should not taste the sweetness of subtle pride of doership.

I’ve got this thing I do when my mind starts to spiral before a fight. I unfold my fingers and concentrate on them one by one until my feelings narrow into focused calm. Pinky: I've been in this kind of situation before. Fourth finger: I've felt these feelings before. Middle finger: I've survived them every time. Index finger: Everybody dies eventually. Thumb: That includes my enemies.

I’ve got this thing I do when my mind starts to spiral before a fight. I unfold my fingers and concentrate on them one by one until my feelings narrow into focused calm. I associate each finger with a specific phrase, and if I have time, I recite them to myself like mantras.