The practice of meditation is ...

The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world.
 Wei Wu Wei

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A man who is seeking for realization is not only going around searching for his spectacles without realizing that they are on his nose all the time, but also were he not actually looking through them he would not be able to see what he is looking for!
 Wei Wu Wei
It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are.
 Wei Wu Wei
As long as one accepts "time" tacitly as such he is dreaming a dream, not living a life.
 Wei Wu Wei
The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded.
 Wei Wu Wei