Top 65 Meditation Compassion Quotes
#1. I've always said that lovingkindness and compassion are inevitably woven throughout meditation practice even if the words are never used or implied, no matter what technique or method we are using.
Sharon Salzberg
#2. The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.
Allan Lokos
#3. Understand the suffering of worldly existence.
Abandon its causes of ignorance and selfishness.
Practice the path of meditation and compassion.
Awaken from suffering within Great Peace.
Gautama Buddha
#4. We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that's conscious evolution.
Deepak Chopra
#5. Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
Sharon Salzberg
#7. Meditation is the process of transformation and beautification of soul from a leaf-eating caterpillar to a nectar-sipping butterfly. It grows with the wings of love and compassion.
Amit Ray
#8. 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.
Dalai Lama
#9. We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
Sharon Salzberg
#10. Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.
Nhat Hanh
#11. The path towards peace is not for the righteous, the ethical, the active and the compassionate to shit on the malicious, the complacent, the violent and the ignorant. The path towards peace is to be peaceful.
Ilyas Kassam
#12. Every part of the system of Reiki is ultimately about meditation and compassion as keys to healing.
Kathleen Prasad
#13. By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
Sharon Salzberg
#14. All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others.
Milarepa
#15. You honor yourself by acting with dignity and composure.
Allan Lokos
#16. Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.
Hsing Yun
#17. Meditation is not about what's happening, it is about how we're relating to what's happening.
Sharon Salzberg
#18. Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar's bowl.
Guru Nanak
#19. Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.
Sharon Salzberg
#21. Compassion forms the essential bond between seeking God in meditation and all forms of social justice. For the more we are transformed in compassion, the more we are impelled to act with compassion toward others.
James Finley
#22. Compassion is born out of lovingkindness.
It is born of knowing our oneness, not just thinking about it or wishing it were so. It is born out of the wisdom of seeing things exactly as they are.
Sharon Salzberg
#23. The best part of all is that no matter how long you practice, or what method you use, every technique of Buddhist meditation ultimately generates compassion.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#24. There was something important being overlooked, they argued, in the mainstreaming of meditation - a central plank in the Buddhist platform: compassion.
Dan Harris
#25. You might have extensive bouts of thinking exceedingly nasty thoughts, but because you are relating to those thoughts with mindfulness and compassion, that's considered good meditation.
Sharon Salzberg
#26. To eliminate the inner turmoil we must focus our attention inward and act with loving kindness to ourselves - and each other.
Michelle Cruz-Rosado
#27. Sexuality is possible without any understanding, without any meditation. Love is possible only with understanding. Compassion is possible only with understanding and meditation, understanding and awareness.
Rajneesh
#28. I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.
Sharon Salzberg
#29. Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.
Sharon Salzberg
#30. Respect those elder to you in years, in knowledge and spiritual attainment and act with love and compassion with those who are younger or less fortunate than you.
Radhe Maa
#31. Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we're adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
Sharon Salzberg
#32. Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover for ourselves the unique happiness that is our birthright.
Sharon Salzberg
#33. We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.
Allan Lokos
#34. The manifestation of the free mind is said to be lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.
Sharon Salzberg
#35. By practicing compassion and forgiveness, one can control hatred.
Radhe Maa
#39. Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.
Patanjali
#40. Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
#41. Human mobile devices that may come in handy and can be used anywhere include: prayer, meditation, a good attitude, compassion, kindness, humor, laughter, patience, love and a smile. Customize to personal style and taste.
Jody Watley
#42. A lot of people do their practice. They meditate on compassion. Then they yell at people afterwards. NThat is not quite working. One of the things I try to emphasize is contemplative meditation - bringing your thought and intention into meditation.
Sakyong Mipham
#43. What acts as a far more effective circumstance for generating compassion and what, in fact, rouses us from our comfortable meditation seat is actually seeing or hearing others - encountering others directly, not just conceptually in our imagination.
Dalai Lama
#44. When you are blessing the sick, you beg of the Almighty, but actually you are not begging for anything, because from inside your being, energy is pouring into the other person. It is from a state of compassion, of compassionate meditation, that the healing activity of God, within the being, flows.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
#45. The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.
Allan Lokos
#46. As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.
Sharon Salzberg
#47. The crack in your heart allows light in. ~ GOOD FORTUNE page 238
Leslie Bratspis
#48. Meditation is not thinking about the image of a person of the past. It is more about focusing and channelizing the power of your emotions and imagination for fulfilling a bigger dream - the dream that will bring more life, energy peace, happiness and meaning to you and the society.
Amit Ray
#49. No one looks or feels attractive when angry.
Allan Lokos
#50. It is important to reignite our compassion for others because without it we will be lost in the sea of suffering
Radhe Maa
#51. While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.
Allan Lokos
#52. You cannot control the results, only your actions.
Allan Lokos
#53. To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.
Allan Lokos
#54. Selfless-giving burns away the layers of the onion. Purity and humility keep meditation and selfless-giving clear. Love radiates through the entire practice because we do all of it only for love.
Frederick Lenz
#55. Meditation is like the moon: it transforms the energy of lust into love, anger into compassion, greed into sharing, aggressiveness into receptivity, ego into humbleness.
Rajneesh
#56. Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity.
Sharon Salzberg
#57. You cannot fight hate and violence with more hate and violence, any more than you can conquer darkness with more darkness. Adding darkness only increases blackness. To subtract shadow, add light.
Na'ama Yehuda
#58. When we take time to quiet ourselves, we can all sense that our life could be lived with greater compassion and greater weakness.
Jack Kornfield
#59. Evolve your understanding of success from the outer realm of control, materialism, and ego, to the inner realm of surrender, spirituality, and compassion.
Bryant McGill
#60. Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
Sharon Salzberg
#61. Compassion is a fundamental principle of meditation. Meditation is not a narcissistic, self-interested path. It provides the foundation for love, integrity, compassion, respect and sensitivity (Feldman, 1998, p.2).
Christina Feldman
#62. To forgive, we may need to open our minds to a fuller exploration of the context in which the events occurred, and feel compassion for the circumstances and everyone involved, starting with ourselves.
Sharon Salzberg
#63. Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn't dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful - and a huge relief.
Sharon Salzberg
#64. Every day seems to reveal a new piece of research about meditation, or new clinical applications of mindfulness or compassion practice, or new corporations or foundations or non-profits bringing mindfulness to work.
Sharon Salzberg
#65. All forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or lovingkindness.
Sharon Salzberg
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