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“Meditation is a time to focus, train the mind, and bring it to stillness. It is not a time to rest and relax.”

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Book:Inner Tranquility: A Guide to Seated Meditation: 3rd Edition

Source: Inner Tranquility: A Guide to Seated Meditation: 3rd Edition

“Even if you are focusing on a chakra, you don't want to do that for the whole period of meditation. There should be a point where you let go. Settle down. Get off the train of thought for a while.”

Ifs Want Should Whole Meditation Buddhism Periods Letting Go Train Settling Settling Down Chakra Chakra Meditation Train Of Thought

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.”

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Book:Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace

Source: Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace

“We underestimate the value of patience. It is possible that people might sometimes interrupt our meditation sessions or Dharma study, but they can never take away our opportunity to train in inner virtues such as patience. It is this mental training, rather than outer virtuous activities, that is the essence of Dharma practice.”

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Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

“If we dedicate a certain amount of time each day to cultivating compassion or any other positive quality, we are likely to attain results, just like when we train the body... Meditation consists of familiarizing ourselves with a new way of being, of managing our thoughts and the way we perceive the world. Through the recent advances in neuroscience it is now possible to evaluate these methods and to verify their impact on the brain and body.”

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Author:Matthieu Ricard

“How to get rid of the greed is the point and to get rid of the greed is that if I buy something - for whom should I buy this one, for whom should I buy? Ah, this will be all right for another friend of mine, like that. If you train your mind on these lines, not for yourself, but for others, then you'll be amazed this greed will run away and you'll have joy.”

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Author:Nirmala Srivastava