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    We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.

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In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

by Dalai Lama Found in: Buddhism Quotes,
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Each night the Tree of Nut
out of naught knits neat nuts.

Each night the Tree of Nut
out of naught knits neat nuts.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Zen Quotes,
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

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We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand read more

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.

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There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things

There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things

by Nagarjuna Found in: Buddhism Quotes,
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The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there

The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there

by Robert M. Pirsig Found in: Zen Quotes,
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Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines read more

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation... Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation.

by Jean Arp Found in: Meditation Quotes,
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Life is a waste of time; time is a waste of life; so why waste your time when you could read more

Life is a waste of time; time is a waste of life; so why waste your time when you could be having the time of your life?

by Unknown Unknown Found in: Zen Quotes,
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Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

by Jeremy Taylor Found in: Meditation Quotes,
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