Lotuses Quotes

I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around.

There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.

When I notice a rear wheel overtaking me, I know I'm sitting in a Lotus.

Say not, I have found the path of the soul Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path.

In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha says to light up one corner - not the whole world. Just make it clear where you are.

I'm always very interested in breeding. Raising cacti is breeding. My lotus plant collection is breeding. The insects are breeding.

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume.

YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,' said the dewdrop to the lake.

May the honey-sweet flute music that flows from Lord Mukunda's lotus mouth fill me with bliss.

The #lotus comes from the #murkiest #water.. but #grows into the #purest thing.

Only the other day I was inquiring of an entire bed of old-fashioned roses, forced to listen to my ramblings on the meaning of the universe as I sat cross-legged in the lotus position in front of them.

Be like a lotus. Let the beauty of your heart speak.

It's a mining town in lotus land.

Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life

The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.

The lotos bowed above the tide and dreamed.

The crown chakra is located several inches above the head, but it is not connected. The crown chakra, also known as the thousand-petal lotus of light, references the planes of light, of enlightenment.

God cannot be found outside you, because there is no God who can ever be outside you. God is the ultimate fragrance of your consciousness. When your consciousness opens like a lotus, the fragrance that is released is God - better to call it godliness.

I have met the soul walking upon my path.

Love is born in sexuality but sexuality is not love. The lotus is born in the mud, but the lotus is not just mud. And if mud remains mud of course there are bound to be tears on the cheeks.

In the land of the lotus-eaters there is no action. Action arises only from need, from dissatisfaction. It is purposeful striving towards something. Its ultimate end is always to get rid of a condition which is conceived to be deficient-to fulfill a need, to achieve satisfaction, to increase happiness.

O! Lover, Enjoyment on the soft body of a lotus is always risky and inconsistent because its route is always surrounded by thorns.

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.

On the top of the head is a Chakra - Sahasradala or the thousand-petalled lotus. There is a Chakra in the middle of the forehead between the eyebrows and one in the heart-centre. The region between the navel and head constitutes the mental field. From navel downward extending till the terminus of the spinal chord, mūlādhāra, is the seat of the vital.

Love is the lotus, lust is the mud the lotus arises out of.

Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.

Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted.

In the Lotus Sutra, it is said everything is emptiness - this world is empty, hell is empty, heaven is empty, God is empty, everything is emptiness. Emptiness is the nature of all things, nothingness, so be attuned to nothingness and you will achieve.

There's a kind of training, when you are sitting in a session in the Japanese tradition or any of the Buddhist traditions, taking your lotus posture or whatever it is. That's what you're doing.