Meditation Quotes — Page 37

Taoist

“The relic from before birth Enters one's heart one day. Be as careful as if you were holding a full vessel, Be as gentle as if you were caressing an infant. The gate of earth should be shut tight, The portals of heaven should be first opened. Wash the yellow sprouts clean, And atop the mountain is thunder shaking the earth.”

Heart Meditation Yellow

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

“Just as I sit down to meditate, all the vilest subjects in the world come up. The whole thing is nauseating. Why should the mind think thoughts I do not want it to think? I am as it were a slave to the mind.”

Thinking Mind Meditation

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

“Holy meditation helps to burn out all mental impurities.”

Helping Meditation

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Russell Simmons

Entrepreneur, Music Producer

“I don't miss a day of yoga. I don't miss my meditation... They're way more important.”

Missing Yoga

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

“First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will. Next, assert what we really are-existence, knowledge, and bliss-being, knowing, and loving.”

Thinking Knowing Meditation

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

“Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead.”

Mind Blood Meditation

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

“Meditation is a sort of prayer and prayer is meditation. The highest meditation is to think of nothing. If you can remain one moment without thought, great power will come.”

Thinking Prayer Meditation

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

“Meditation means the mind is turned back upon itself. The mind stops all the thought-waves and the world stops. Your consciousness expands. Every time you meditate you will keep your growth.”

Mean Growth Meditation

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

“Whose meditation is real and effective? Who can really surrender to the will of God? Only the person whose mind has been purified by selfless work.”

Real Mind Meditation

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Russell Brand

Comedian, Actor

“I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles.”

Principles Meditation Transcendental

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Russell Simmons

Entrepreneur, Music Producer

“I couldn't guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.”

Kids Meditation Guarantees That

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Russell Simmons

Entrepreneur, Music Producer

“If you play basketball, you get into the zone. You can't miss. That's the expansive mindset we're all seeking. But that only comes when the mind is quiet and separate from the noise. And the greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.”

Play Basketball Meditation

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