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“In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger.”

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Author:Nhat Hanh

“The highest type of meditation is done in silence. In silence there are no mantras. Mantras are not essential, but they can be very helpful.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“A mantra is a very powerful word. It vibrates like music does, only not on this plane but on other planes of reality. It creates a powerful force. It starts the kundalini moving.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are thousands of mantras. Everyone has favorites. I prefer three - Aum, Sring, and Kring.”

Three Meditation Buddhism Mantras

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Chanting a mantra at the beginning of your meditation helps you clear the mind and takes you deep within the self. Chanting a mantra at the end of meditation helps you seal the meditation. It helps you bring the awareness of the meditation down into your daily life.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The mantra is a very preliminary exercise for the student to begin to grasp a sense of focus. When they are used by persons who have reached very high levels of attention, they can open up doorways to other worlds.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Mantras have an important place in meditation. But the idea has become somewhat prevalent in the West, and in the East to some extent, that the simple repetition of a mantra will eventually cause enlightenment”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Start a meditation session by repeating a mantra, perhaps, "Aum", which is the most powerful of all mantras. Then, after repeating the mantra perhaps a dozen times, focus on a yantra.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Aum is the most powerful of all mantras. It is good to chant Aum seven or more times before and after each meditation. Chanting "Aum" puts you in harmony with the vibration of Eternity. "Aum" opens the gateway to the infinite highway of light.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you chant "Aum" or any mantra, do so softly and gently. Extend the sound. Focus your awareness on the sound of the mantra and become absorbed in it.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Sring is the mantra of beauty. Traditionally it is connected with Lakshmi, the Indian goddess of beauty. Chant "Sring" slowly, elongating each sound. As you do, you will see the consciousness of beauty of everywhere.”

Sound Consciousness Meditation Buddhism Connected Indian Goddess Mantras Lakshmi

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Lakshmi is a celestial being who lives in a higher plane of existence. Her mantra is "Sring." When you chant it, it brings beauty and light into your consciousness.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“You might wish to try Kali's mantra. Kali is another celestial being. She offers very fast spiritual progress through intensity. Her mantra is "Kring!" When you chant Kring, chant it very intensely and sharply. Only chant Kring when you are in a high meditation.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Kring is the mantra of power. "Kring" should only be repeated when you are in deep meditation.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Towards the end of your meditation session, or when you feel your meditation is deep, chant "Kring" seven times. Repeat it with sharp intensity, without elongating the syllables.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Initially the student, in some traditions, is given a mantra, a particular word of power to focus on. While thoughts are cascading through your mind during meditation, you should be absorbed in the repetition of a mantra.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“A mantra is a thought. Use a mantra to help you still your mind initially and then move into silent meditation.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is not a good idea to continually repeat a mantra during meditation. Repeating a mantra throughout your mediation causes you to fixate on a specific level of consciousness.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is more important to repeat a mantra several times with total absorption than to parrot it for hours on end.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“After meditation, it is a good idea to bow and offer your meditation to god, to that stillness and perfection that is existence. Feel that you are giving your meditation away.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“At the end of meditation period we always bow and we touch our head to the floor and say "Buddha's name be praised."”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“At the end of each meditation session, bow your head toward the ground. Give away your meditation to the universe. Whether you feel you have done well or poorly, simply give your efforts to the universe.”

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“Bow and offer your meditation to Eternity, as you would offer a Flower to your lover.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“After the meditation session you have to be a little bit careful. If you start to think a lot of thoughts and become very active, you can prevent some of the meditative awareness from coming into your mind.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Learn not to judge your meditation. Just meditate, do your best, set a minimum period of time and meditate.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“How do you end a meditation session? It's nice to chant a mantra again. Maybe repeat it a few times. It seals the meditation. Do your best and then just give it to eternity.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Don't judge your meditations. Don't rate them. The physical mind cannot tell how well you did. As long as you are sitting there trying, something will happen.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The force that drives the green fuse, as Dylan Thomas said, cannot be understood. So self-discovery is to accept your daily meditation, to observe yourself meditating and not be concerned with the results.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The only bad meditation is when you don't meditate.”

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“To meditate with full effort, produces infinity, freedom.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Each time you meditate you have the possibility of completely changing your life in one meditation. If you meditate with your whole heart and your whole soul, you will become light itself.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment. Move the ego aside and be still, open, clear, bright and fully conscious.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“You should always feel, no matter how many times you've meditated before, that this is your first meditation. You have no idea what will happen or what won't happen.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are many ways to meditate. When you meditate, you are learning how to feel again.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“To meditate, you need to feel, and feeling is a lost art. You need to feel the stillness of existence and also the sound of existence. You need to feel that which lies beyond your awareness field, and that which is within it.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation is a process in which we're essentially, at first, breathing out. We're exhaling existence, taking it out of the mind, and the mind out of the mind.”

Mind Firsts Process Existence Meditation Buddhism Breathing Exhaling

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you can bring earnestness to your meditation, you will find that happiness is something that will run through your life constantly.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“There's no risk in doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all. There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable. There's a lot of risk in the world of enlightenment.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Try to read books about meditation, but not so many different viewpoints that they get confusing. There is no best way. It's just what works for you at the time.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Sometimes you won't feel pleasant during a meditation session; it seems like an uphill run. But when you get to the top, the view is rather breathtaking.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Sometimes people start to meditate and they get a headache. It's because they're trying too hard. You're pulling in too much energy.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you meditate, you focus to clear the mind and to bring the willpower together. But then, toward the end of the session let go, just become eternity.”

Mind Ends Together Clear Focus Meditation Buddhism Letting Go Eternity Willpower Session

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Real winning and losing all takes place at the meditation table. This is where the battles are. Winning is stopping thought. Losing is sitting there and being subjected to all kinds of ridiculous thoughts”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Every time you sit down to meditate, you have to sit down with a resolve to win. You are going to sit there and will your mind to be happy, quiet and still.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“In meditation what you are trying to do is simply get rid of your own junk. You are trying to move all the confusion out of your mind, all the heaviness, all the emotional upsets, all the impressions that you have picked up since your last meditation.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The trick to keeping your meditation practice alive, not simply consistent but wonderful, is you need to bring a certain will or force into every meditation.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.”

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Author:Dalai Lama

“The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.”

“For me, there's a very clear parallel between the practice of insight in Buddhism and what's called prajna - the insight that arrives through meditation.”

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Author:Jess Row

“Kerouac's books portray a hero and narrator free and easy, confident, sure of his rebellion against the American system. In reality, Jack was torn between Catholicism, Buddhism, and his own demon-driven pursuit of kicks, between spirit and flesh, between mom's house and the Beat coffeehouse, patriotism and subversion, men and women, society and solitude, carousing and meditation, sacred and profane, secular and divine. It's a miracle he survived as long as he did.”

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