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Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice in Buddhist meditation. -- Nhat Hanh
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
Buddhist meditation doen't necessarily mean sitting cross-legged with your eyes closed. Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world as you go about your business - walking, talking, shopping, whatever - can be a really perfect meditation and bring a perfect result. -- Thubten Yeshe
The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking, for ... cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination. What needs to be stopped is conceptualisation that is compulsive, mechanical and unintelligent, that is, activity that is always fatiguing, usually pointless, and at times seriously harmful. -- B. Alan Wallace
In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion. -- Jack Kornfield
If you want to experience the unalloyed ecstasy of life, you can accomplish this through the twin Buddhist practices of meditation and mindfulness. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
In Buddhist practice a great deal of time is spent practicing mandala meditation. You learn to visualize and hold simultaneous concepts in the mind during meditation. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
I recommend computer science to people who practice meditation. The mental structures that are used in computer science are very similar exercises done in Buddhist monasteries. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Many people, including Buddhist monks, spend thousands of hours sitting in what they call meditation. In reality, what they're doing is thinking and ruminating upon their problems. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Many people, including Buddhist monks, spend thousands of hours sitting in what they call meditation. In reality, what they're doing is thinking and ruminating upon their problems. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used. -- Jon Kabat-Zinn

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