“Governments, churches, and educational institutes, once the keepers of order and social enlightenment, are now scrambling to remain relevant as our collective… — George Takei Copy Share Image
It has been my exprience that repetitive nights of exposure to the kundalini energy followed by longer periods of reflection and pyschic… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Live in this world, because this world gives a ripening, maturity, integrity. The challenges of this world give you a centering, an… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There is only eternity. That's our real body. The stars are our blanket. Time doesn't even exist, except in our own minds. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are many paths that lead to enlightenment. There are lesser enlightenments along the way to a larger enlightenment, referred to sometimes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When your consciousness expands you are in a world, literally, of light. You live in a world of light where nothing is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Part of what we seek in Buddhism is the sense of quiet observation. We don't get so involved in a state of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a large difference between spacing out in the lower occult astral planes, weird, junky, fuzzy energy, and meditation. Meditation is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you were going to be attracted to a mystical faith which involved the contemplative life, Buddhism would be quite reasonable. But… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
Man is an onion made up of a hundred integuments, a texture made up of many threads. The ancient Asiatics knew this… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“If you were given to thinking of numbers as having human-like qualities, you might picture e^i*pi as a guru into transcendental meditation… — David Stipp Copy Share Image
The holy grail is right here in this gem of a book. Tosha Silver’s wisdom goes down as easy as a mint… — Lissa Rankin Copy Share Image
“the four sacred and wonderful truths of Buddhism. The Four Noble Truths are: first, there is suffering; second, there is a path… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
There is a true feminist movement in Buddhism that relates to the goddess Tārā. Following her cultivation of bodhicitta, the bodhisattva's motivation,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Kuan Yin looks very traditional. Her hands are folded together. The thick cloth of her costume is folded perfectly," describes Lena. "Just… — Hope Bradford Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Nothing is required for this enlightenment except freedom; and the freedom in question is… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Many people are benefiting beings, but from a dharma point of view, if you are a dharma practitioner, then the first priority… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
Enlightenment happens only in that moment when there is no complaint in you,when you are not going anywhere, not desiring, not condemning,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
There's a power that brings us to things, and there's a power that lets us move away from things, from people, places,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“And he had wondered if it would end that way for him too - one more ragged pilgrim on the road toward… — Kem Nunn Copy Share Image
“The willingness to challenge hardships taps the power within human beings to transform even a place of tragedy into a stage for… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Everything exists as information in a field of infinite possibilities, and it is our Consciousness that renders the information and causes it… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
A well known Los Angeles newspaper referred to a small group of gentlemen who live up on a mountain and practice Zen… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Real teachers like Jesus, Buddha, Nanak, Rumi have much more to teach humanity, than the imaginary figure Krishna, concocted by an ancient… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We go to the mountain for enlightenment, for self-realization, for adventure, for discovery. It's pregnant with meaning. When people see a mountain,… — Joe Rohde Copy Share Image
“I plan to make the case that we need to move beyond religion if we want to continue the kind of remarkable… — Alan Jeskin Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“The real moment of enlightenment is when your creative imagination has freed you from the picture of reality you had previously drawn!” — Vasilios Karpos Copy Share Image
Zen is the way of complete self-realization; a living human being who follows the way of Zen can attain satori and then… — Zenkei Shibayama Copy Share Image
When you unite the nothingness of your mind with the nothingness of the Frisbee, then the Frisbee is not a Frisbee, and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Initially the student, in some traditions, is given a mantra, a particular word of power to focus on. While thoughts are cascading… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Because a human being is endowed with empathy, he violates the natural order if he does not reach out to those who… — Dayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
Happiness comes from living in the moment, this moment, now, right here. If you are in obscure states of mind, you won't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The role of the artist is like that of an explorer and a teacher - a teacher of seeing. No one is… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Willpower determines success in business, interpersonal relationships, health, whatever it is. All the activities in your life, success and failure in them,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
