1. Meditation is one of the rare occasions when we’re not doing anything

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    Meditation is one of the rare occasions when we’re not doing anything. Otherwise, we’re always doing something, we’re always thinking something, we’re always occupied. We get lost in millions of obsessions and fixations. But by meditating – by not doing anything – all these fixations are revealed and our obsessions will naturally undo themselves like a snake uncoiling itself. ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

  2. Letting be

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    The method that the Buddha discovered is meditation. He discovered that struggling to find answers did not work. It was only when there were gaps in his struggle that insights came to him. He began to realize that there was a sane, awake quality within him that manifested itself only in the absence of struggle. So the practice of meditation involves “letting be.” ~ Chögyam Trungpa

  3. Sadness

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    The most crucial prerequisite for the practise of dharma is complete isolation because when we are alone, we are subject to fewer distractions, creating the perfect conditions for sadness to grow in our minds.

    For those who know how to use it, sadness is a fertile ground from which all kinds of beneficial thoughts can spring with very little effort.

    Jigme Lingpa described sadness as one of the most invaluable kinds of noble wealth, and in the sutras Buddha hailed sadness as the trailblazer for all subsequent good qualities.

    With sadness comes trust and devotion, which, once developed, mean the practises of shamatha and vipashyana require very little effort. Shamatha practise ensures that mind becomes malleable and workable, and a flexible mind makes vipashyana relatively easy to accomplish. ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

  4. Look at your own eyes without using a mirror

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    A great teacher of meditation once said, “Meditating is trying to look at your own eyes without using a mirror.” That’s a very mysterious statement. How can we look at our own eyes without a mirror? The idea stops us in our tracks. But maybe we can explore that in our practice. The only way to solve this riddle is just to be there. ~ Chögyam Trungpa

  5. The highest state of meditation is Samadhi

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    The highest state of meditation is Samadhi, where there is no ego anymore, no doubts, no me, no you, no notion of time, no eating, no talking, no walking, no working and not doing anything at all, realizing that the Self is action-less. ~Dharma Mittra

     

  6. Deep in the heart

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    In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~ Lao Tzu

    Meditating Buddha

     

  7. The effort to overcome laziness and merit

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    Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation. ~Ajahn Chah

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  8. Spiritual life is a life of search

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    Spiritual life is a life of search…but a true search.
    Not to investigate and to seek what you hope to discover,
    Not the object of your aspiration,
    But what you are.
    Meditation is just a search for the meditator.
    Enlightenment is to discover…

    To discover that there is no discoverer, and there is nothing to discover…
    Enlightenment is to be.
    To be the most wonderful discovery of what can not be found.
    It is to arrive to no where…
    To meet no one.
    You fail, because of your habit to search only for that which satisfies your needs.

    Get rid of all this need.
    And you will see…
    Get rid of all that you have.
    And you will see…
    Throw away all that can be thrown.
    And you will see…
    Give up these words, and what they make you feel
    And you will see…
    Give up your attempt to give up.
    And you will see…
    Give up your attempt to see.
    Because then you will really see…
    The farther the object you search for, the better eyesight you need.
    That which is closest to you, you have to be.

    ~By Swami Ramakrishnananda

  9. Meditate daily

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    Meditate daily, and soon your inner strength and mind power will grow.~Remez Sasson

    Ananda

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