Meditation Practice Quotes - Page 5

• Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.

  Jack Kornfield

  Holding On, Moments, Settling

  Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield (2001). “Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation”, p.23, Shambhala Publications

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• The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  Expectations, Encounters, Obstacles

  Eric Swanson, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (2010). “The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness”, p.214, Random House

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• The key to maintaining your inspiration in the day-to-day work of meditation practice is to approach it as play—a happy opportunity to master practical skills, to raise questions, experiment, and explore.

  Thanissaro Bhikkhu

  Inspirational, Happy, Buddhist

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• So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Letting Go, Trying, Mindfulness

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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• Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already. The ground of practice is you or me or whoever we are right now, just as we are. That’s the ground, that’s what we study, that’s what we come to know with tremendous curiosity and interest.

  Pema Chodron

  Curiosity, Trying, Befriending

  Pema Chodron (2001). “The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness”, p.2, Shambhala Publications

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• Integrated meditation practice is like a healthy diet
  which is indispensable for maintaining your vitality and resistance to disease.
  Likewise, a balanced meditative practice in the course of a socially engaged way of life
  heightens your psychological immune system, so that you are less vulnerable to mental imbalances of all kinds.

  B. Alan Wallace

  Healthy, Vitality, Disease

  B. Alan Wallace (2010). “The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind”, p.51, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• In the practice of sitting meditation you relate to your daily life all the time. Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the surface rather than hiding them at the bottom of our minds. It enables us to relate to our lives as something workable.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Practice, Meditation, Mind

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• Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Heart, Mind, Relax

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.136, Harmony

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• It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Powerful, Thinking, Supportive

  "Meditation Practice: A Paradigm Shift" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 9, 2011.

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• Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After you have practiced enough, you become more skilled at the art form itself. You do not practice to become a great scale player or drill champion. You practice to become a musician or athlete. Likewise, one does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Basketball, Art, Athlete

  Elizabeth Lesser (2008). “The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure”, p.115, Ballantine Books

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• After a few years of meditation practice we can even learn how to occasionally ignore ourselves. And what relief that can be!

  Wes Nisker

  Buddhist, Freedom, Years

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• We call the effort to cultivate our ability to be in the present moment ‘practice’ or ‘meditation practice.’

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Effort, Moments, Ability

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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• As you expand your meditation practice, in concert with your faith, you will find that these divine moments come more often, until you are finally awakened to your own deepest self, one with Christ.

  James Finley

  Self, Moments, Christ

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• There is a true Buddha in family life; there is a real Tao in everyday activities. If people can be sincere and harmonious, promoting communication with a cheerful demeanor and friendly words, that is much better than formal meditation practice.

  Zicheng Hong

  Real, Communication, People

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• I have done a fair bit of meditation practice, but I think through climbing it's definitely an easier way for me to tap into that mental state of being present and in the moment, very in tune with your body. But not in an intellectual way. Just really responding to the moment, where you don't have time to think.

  Chris Sharma

  Thinking, Climbing, Intellectual

  "Natural Born Climber: Chris Sharma". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Sometimes people will think, I need to have pre-sanctioned spiritual joy. Getting joy from my contemplative meditation practice or getting joy from reading Thich Nhat Hahn books. Those things can be joyful but I think it’s the small, simple joys of playing with dogs or having sex with someone you love or going for a walk outside, stuff that we tend to ignore.

  Moby

  Spiritual, Dog, Sex

  "Moby | Inside the brain of a genius. Meditator. Vegan. Outlaw". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I spent so much of my life reading about spirituality and reading about neuroscience and trying different meditation practices. It's a really big part of my life. But it's sometimes hard to talk about. There are so many people in the world who don't live in Southern California and don't spend their time meditating.

  Moby

  Reading, Practice, California

  "Moby | Inside the brain of a genius. Meditator. Vegan. Outlaw". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• A lot of people have realized that a good spiritual practice and a good meditation practice have real benefit. It’s not just something nice to do to make the universe happy.

  Moby

  Spiritual, Real, Nice

  "Moby | Inside the brain of a genius. Meditator. Vegan. Outlaw". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I can spend years studying and being in therapy and having a very analytic spiritual meditation practice, but without the emotional component, without the softening that comes with love and vulnerability, everything else I do is really just surface.

  Moby

  Spiritual, Emotional, Years

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• The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Real, Moments, Our Lives

  "Jon Kabat-Zinn: ‘The Real Meditation Practice Is How We Live Our Lives From Moment To Moment’" By Amanda L. Chan, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2014.

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• Basically when I'm walking I'm not consciously writing or intending anything. In the manner I have learned from meditation practice, I let things unfold.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Writing, I Have Learned, Walking

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• Yoga has expanded beyond asana for me. It's how I live my life and currently I'm throwing myself into a meditation practice.

  Kathryn Budig

  Yoga, Asana, Living My Life

  ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It really helped. Then as a grad student at Harvard, I was awarded a pre-doctoral traveling fellowship to India, where my focus was on the ancient systems of psychology and meditation practices of Asia.

  Daniel Goleman

  College, Class, Focus

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• There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of discomfort or pain is an important part of meditation practice, because it is one of the very first things that we open to as our practice develops.

  Jack Kornfield

  Pain, Feelings, Important

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• Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and every step can be practice and can help us to become more ourselves.

  Nhat Hanh

  Spiritual, Drinking, Thinking

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh: 365 days of practical, powerful teaching s from the beloved Zen teacher”, p.151, Shambhala Publications

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