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“Yoga is an ancient discipline in which physical postures, breath practice, meditation, and philosophical study are tools for achieving liberation. In my interpretation, achieving liberation in yoga means learning how to be present with everything that arises, whether it is pain or pleasure, sadness or joy, failure or success. And to be present with whatever arises, I believe we must not only be aware of what is arising but we must also be able to see all things that arise as equal, with detachment.”

Source: Moving Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee

“The imaginations excited by the view of an unknown and untravelled wilderness are not such as arise in the artificial solitude of parks and gardens... The phantoms which haunt a desert are want, and misery, and danger; the evils of dereliction rush upon the thoughts; man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness, and meditation shows him only how little he can sustain, and how little he can perform.”

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Book:Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius

Source: Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius

“Since pure awareness of nowness is real Enlightenment, in openness and contentment I found the Truth in my heart. By simply relaxing in this uncontrived, open, and natural state, we obtain the quality of effortless freedom of whatever arises.”

Heart Real States Found Natural Quality Meditation Awareness My Heart Pure Enlightenment Arise Contentment Openness Effortless

Author:Jigdral Yeshe Dorje

“Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to visit. You will witness all kinds of scenes and actors, all kinds of temptations and stories, everything imaginable. Your only job is to stay in your seat. You will see it all arise and pass, and out of this, wisdom and understanding will come.”

Kind Stories Jobs Actors Understanding Rooms Meditation Doors Scene Window Arise All Kinds Temptation Witness Seats Centre Visits You

Author:Ajahn Chah

“The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise.”

Ifs Body Environment Meditation Conditions Masters Your Body Arise Realization Our Environment

Author:Sogyal Rinpoche

“Mind is the absence of meditation. The moment meditation arises in you, mind is found nowhere.”

Mind Moments Found Meditation Absence Arise

Author:Rajneesh

“It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of understanding the subtle workings of the mind. As you understand those workings of the mind a great awareness arises in you, which is not of the mind. That awareness arises in your being, in your soul, in your consciousness.”

Mind Soul Understanding Consciousness Meditation Awareness Sitting Arise Your Soul Subtle Mantras Chanting

Author:Rajneesh