Eknath Easwaran Quotes

Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.

Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind.

"Serenity" is the flavor of meditation.

Meditation gives us peace of mind without a tranquilizer. And unlike a tranquilizer, the peace of mind that we get from meditation does not fade away. It lasts for good in some corner of the inmost recesses of our aspiring heart.

There is nothing wrong with meditating just to meditate, in the same way that you listen to music just for the music. If you go to concerts to "get culture" or to improve your mind, you will sit there as deaf as a doorpost.

Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.

Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.

Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

If you take an hour out of your day to meditate, you will progress ten-fold. By staying mentally focused, you can let your worries go.

Conscious breath control is a useful tool for achieving a relaxed, clear state of mind.

Morning meditation is important to start every day on a positive note.

Meditation is like farming... the right soil is required to grow anything, nothing will grow if the soil is polluted by striving or pushing too hard.

I want to do and I'm giving all the profits to charity, is to teach people to meditate. All it takes is a little bit of patience.

[M]ental peace is not meditation. Meditation is the flight beyond the mind. It has nothing to do with mental peace.

Meditation stops the sound-loving mind.

Meditation is culture.

Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.

Yoga isn't just about the body, it's also about the mind and it's a technique that has really helped me.

A quiet mind is more important than a positive mind.

What is important in meditation is the quality of the mind and the heart.It is not what you achieve, or what you say you attain, but rather the quality of a mind that is innocent and vulnerable.

...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which is its nature begin to well up of its own accord but its steady unchanging character itself helps spontaneously to repel all disturbing thoughts.

I meditate but not regularly. I wish I did more meditation. It's always my New Year's resolution to do more.

When the mind is still, we can become an instrument of peace.