I loved Enso Roshi’s teachings. I loved learning about life. I loved life. It was a good thing to feel. I loved life, and I loved learning, and I was still learning. I was not,...

If we emphasized only precision, our meditation might become quite harsh and militant. (…). One thing that is very helpful is to cultivate an overall sense of relaxation while you are doing the meditation.

Those who wish to sit, shut their eyes,and meditate to know if the world’s true or lies,may do so. It’s their choice. But I meanwhilewith hungry eyes that can’t be satisfiedshall take a look at...

Make your life a prayer. Live your mediation.

Do not desire a long life or an early death

Praise the one who speaks ill of you. Before long he will become a friend

The natural consequence of being connected to the depth, what I call the soul, or your essence, is the attribute of joy.

Meditation, practiced individually and as a family, helps with a different type of peace. It is not a calm absent of noise and confusion but a calm that persists in the very center of the...

This life is like a roller-coaster; once you are strapped-in and the ride has started, you aren’t getting off.

When we are quiet and still we contract and settle.

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

A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.

* Recognize that God is with you.* Acknowledge God knows what He’s doing.* Search for God’s will: the path He desires you to take in life.* Consider what God did for you when He sent...

Meditation is not a religion but a scientific way to enhance the concentration power of the mind.

Indian forms of yoga have spread throughout the world due to their objectives of promoting health and harmony. Japan is but one of many countries that have received these age-old teachings. While Indian yogic disciplines...

You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.

Though we may choose to view them symbolically, dreams are actually no more or less symbolic than everyday waking reality. When the images and events don’t conform to our view of reality, we call them...

Observing is not just seeing. It is watching with attention.

If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to become settled, collected, and focused in meditation; it is impossible for the heart...

Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.

Meditation is not hard to understand. Anyone who knows how to worry knows how to meditate. Worriers are skilled in the meditation process but are meditating on the wrong kind of thoughts.

When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.

I meditate, and when I do, Prince Harry appears in my subconscious and meditates with me. It’s a little strange but I don’t think there’s anything I can do about it. Sometimes he’s not the...

POLISH your MIND to reflect the shimmering BEAUTY of your WORDS and ACTIONS.

constant Consciousness” or ever-present nondual Awareness, the union (and transcendence) of individual finite self and infinite Spirit.

Sitting still is a pain in the ass.

Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.

Stepping out of the busyness, stopping our endless pursuit of getting somewhere else, is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.

Working with people is basically not a question of formal education; working with people is a question of energy and awareness. Everyone can basically work with people. It is a question of developing a presence...

A child comes from God, a child is a gift from God, but a child is not our possession. Give the child unconditional love and freedom. Respect the child, the child has its own soul....

Presence is not a question of judging or evaluating a client or a client’s situation. Presence is to see the client’s situation in a positive and creative light with a vision for how the present...

I remember an insight that taught me much about life. One day I felt that I had everything that I really wanted in life. I had a creative and meaningful work as a therapist and...

So it is with the mind, Nandini. Allow it to be in balance. Avoid extremes: the middle way is better. Neither force the mind too hard into concentration nor let it wander aimlessly. Meditation is...

Many religions have meditations on death to let it penetrate our thick skulls that life doesn’t last forever.

Letting go takes a lot of courage sometimes. But once you let go, happiness comes very quickly. You won’t have to go around search for it.

The worst disability in life is a bad attitude.

To think is to have doubt….yet even thinking will bring you to “no thought”….eventually.

Hatred can be cured by love.

Humility is more powerful than egoistic pride. Water is more powerful than the strongest cliff and Love is more powerful than might.

A woman is human.She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man.Likewise, she is never less.Equality is a given.A woman is human.

We can’t tell you the origin of the experience. But we can tell you the brain does appear to be built to have these [mystical] experiences. There are examples of people reaching similar states, spontaneously....

The sweet pleasure of your own joy and success is a cultivation of both the heart and mind.

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

There are two types of empathy: the positive empathy and the negative empathy. When we are fully carried away by the unaware activities of the mirror neurons, we are under the trap of negative empathy....

Spending time with God is a demonstration of your love.

Concentration is the creation of the instrument; meditation is the right use of it; contemplation transcends it.

tools.” And since the mind and body are interrelated, this understanding makes it easier to see why coordinating them is a practical way of using these tools to greatest effect—a way of using the mind...

True freedom is when all the stories, all the insights, all the realizations, concepts, beliefs and positions dissolve. What remains is what you are; a vast, conscious, luminous space simply resting in itself, not knowing...

Mindfulness and awareness is the bridge between reaction and conscious choice.

Activities such as chanting, bowing, and sitting in zazen are not at all wasted, even when done merely formally, for even this superficial encounter with the Dharma will have some wholesome outcome at a later...