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“As you go into light for longer and longer periods, as you progress in your meditation practice, you transform, you become illumined, you overcome all limitation, all sorrow, and all pain. You learn not to be bound by desire, and eventually you transcend death itself.”

Light Pain Desire Practice Meditation Progress Buddhism Periods Sorrow Overcoming Bounds Limitation Meditation Practice

Author:Frederick Lenz

“We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.”

Joy Suffering Meditation Circumstances Sorrow Benefits Overcoming Esteem Recognition Adverse

Author:John Calvin

“The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.”

Practice Meditation Sorrow Uplifting Unhappiness Lovingkindness

Author:Allan Lokos

“The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge is always within the shadow of ignorance. Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement in the ecstasy of truth. Meditation is explosion of intelligence.”

Love Life Truth Meditation Movement Ignorance Sorrow Shadow Ecstasy Explosions

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“It only take a few minutes of meditation to directly realize we are a river of sensations, feelings, thoughts, perceptions. How can we navigate this evanescent river of life wisely? With mindful awareness and love it becomes clear. You can fight against the river of change, or use its wisdom to teach you how to graciously move and create and flow with the full measure of joy and sorrow, gain and loss, praise and blame that make up every human incarnation.”

“Meditation has made me happy, loving, and peaceful-but not every single moment of the day. I still have good times and bad, joy and sorrow. Now I can accept setbacks more easily, with less sense of disappointment and personal failure, because meditation has taught me how to cope with the profound truth that everything changes all the time.”

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“The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.' When you see this, you are above sorrow. This is the shining way.”

Ifs Way Desire Meditation Masters Sorrow Shining Arise Dharma Passing Away Free Yourself

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow.”

Meditation Pride Sorrow Letting Go Bounds Dhammapada

Author:Gautama Buddha

“If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit - From life to life, Never finding peace. If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swell Like the grass after the rain. But if you subdue desire Your sorrows shall fall from you Like drops of water from a lotus flower.”

Ifs Desire Fall Grows Water Sleep Meditation Tree Flower Sorrow Findings Rain Filled Fruit Forests Grass Monkeys Finding Peace Vines Drop Of Water Lotuses Lotus Flower After The Rain

Author:Gautama Buddha