Mindfulness Buddhism Quotes
Mindfulness Buddhism Quote of the day
Meditate on your own and refine your consciousness. Tighten up your life. Constantly examine your life and look for weak points. You know what's going on in your life.
Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.
Sitting around idly contemplating doesn't produce much. In work you can discipline your attention, forget about your misery.
We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is mindfulness.
We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.
None of this matters a bit. Yet, of course, it matters at that moment. So we try to be mindful of the moment; but it's fleeting.
Just see beauty as you walk around through your day. Feel things. Unhook from your thoughts and all the busy things you are doing. Start to look at life. This is mindfulness.
Look at how beautiful life is, and just keep looking until you see it. You don't see what is in front of you because you're so distracted by your thoughts.
Our actions and experiences will direct us. In other words, we will be guided by the inherent emptiness of the things we choose to interact with.
Mindfulness is the direct application of Buddhist teachings to a physical event, a way of doing or accomplishing something, or a way of thinking and viewing something.
Mindfulness is the ability to do physical things in a harmonious way; it is a way to remain centered in a physical world that is out of balance.
You don't have to do anything to meditate. That's what makes it so difficult. Everybody wants to do something.
The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate.
What we do outwardly will only interrupt the flow of our perfect attention is it is not in harmony with the dharma.
Personal power, knowledge and fun come from how you approach something, not what you approach.
In Zen we do everything perfectly. We feel that our outer actions are a reflection of our inner state. We call it mindfulness.
Mindfulness is when you are engaged in activities but the mind is set into the meditative state all the time. Meditation is to be aware of many different levels. It's not just the absence of thought.
I used to live in Buddhist monasteries and I finally had to leave them because they were just too cluttered for me. They were cluttered up with many thoughts about Buddhism.
Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher.
I was unprepared for the firsthand experience of mindfulness. The way that awareness … revealed a sense of well-being right there in the heat of my emotions.
Meditation brings Nirvana, and Nirvana brings Buddhahood.
Mindfulness is not the path of chasing. It is the path of beautification. When flowers blossom, the fragrance spreads, and the bees come.
A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.
So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates.
Mindfulness is not a mechanical process. It is developing a very gentle, kind, and creative awareness to the present moment.
Mind is like a net, drawn by the needles of past and future. Mindfulness is the way for not getting stuck into that net.