3,675 Quotes About Meditation

You have not yet reaped the sweetest fruits of meditation, if you still do not meditate only to meditate.

Time is an illusion we suffer from whenever we are not practicing mindfulness.

Not being in the present moment is so adultish.

At first, meditation reveals to you, and then reminds you … every second, that among the body, the mind, and the awareness you are the third.

Chopping wood is meditation. Carrying water is meditation. Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and reciting prayers. Each act must be carried out in mindfulness. Each act is a rite, a ceremony. Raising your cup of tea to your mouth is a rite. Does the word "rite" seems too solemn ? I use that word in order to jolt you into the realization of the life-and-death matter of awareness.

To chase pleasure is to be chased by pain.

You do not think. You are thought … and therefore a thought.

A cave is formed naturally, by interplay of five elements. Since human beings are nothing but waves of five elements, aren't man-made houses natural too?

Meditation eventually reveals our ability of getting pleasure from giving our undivided attention to our pain.