Deepak Chopra Quotes

Something I practice everyday is Tonglin. It's Tibetan for taking and receiving.

Cultivating a generous spirit starts with mindfulness. Mindfulness, simply stated, means paying attention to what is actually happening; it's about what is really going on.

I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we're all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose... When you connect with that love and that compassion, that's when everything unfolds.

Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others.

I had benefited so much from Vipassana, I felt it was important for many more people to be able to share the experience.

I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else.

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.

I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

Compassion is the key to living outside the confines of your lower self.

Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.

When you practice Buddhism, you have to always self-reflect, and you can't avoid your problems. That makes me understand human beings better. I feel that the more I do that in my own life, the more I can see how to play a character.

As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe.

The more you meditate, the more helpful you can be to others, and the more deeply you will be in tune with God.

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.

It's been my experience that the longer I do yoga, the more I want to know, the more I am able to understand and the less judgmental I am.

The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it.

Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and the events in my life that created me. And I think a lot of that Buddhism comes out in the world view in this novel.

We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by - those actions that create suffering for ourselves and others, and get us into so much trouble.

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.

I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.

Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

Work at being a humble person.