Henepola Gunaratana Quotes

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit; and our wandering thoughts in prayer are but the neglects of meditation and recessions from that duty; according as we neglect meditation, so are our prayers imperfect, - meditation being the soul of prayer and the intention of our spirit.

I meditate and pray before going onstage - it helps me focus.

With no faith, purely as a scientific experiment, I started meditating and watched if it changed my music. It did, but it didn't make it more mellow. It made it easier to get into the flow of creativity.

The best way to meditate is through meditation itself.

To me, meditation is simply silencing or focusing the mind.

Meditation helps me to calm down.

Meditation is an essential aspect of my life.

Whether you call it meditation, self-reflection or just shutting everything out, I am quite good at that.

The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.

When I first began learning yoga, I found it really hard because I couldn't clear my mind for the meditative part of it, but then after a few weeks it became easier and I could see how it began to change my body. I became more flexible and more relaxed and at peace with my environment. I love yoga and I encourage all my friends to practise it.

Meditation isn't necessarily this magical experience where we don't ever have thoughts.

I feel like golf has brought me some peace.

The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at will; and especially to free it from the tyranny of mental afflictions and confusion

The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to permeate our spirits.

Take time to be quiet.

Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God.

A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling body and a mind half asleep.

Stillness is our most intense mode of action. It is in our moments of deep quiet that is born every idea, emotion, and drive which we eventually honor with the name of action. We reach highest in meditation, and farthest in prayer. In stillness every human being is great.

Dear God, I give this time of quiet to You. Please dissolve my thoughts of stress and fear And deliver me to the inner place Where all is peace and love. Amen.

Having plants and flowers in my space makes me feel very calm and Zen. For me, it's important to meditate every morning to be very clear in the head, and nature really helps me do the same thing.

I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.

I meditate. I've been a meditator since, I think I was doing it unofficially before all my life and then began to formalize it somewhere around 14.

Savasana is the easiest and most important yoga move because it's so simple. Lying there is meditative.

The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.

I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.