If the tonal predominates, which we see now more in the world, there's no mystery - understanding of consciousness or awareness. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness is found principally in meditation. Let your mind flow out into eternity. You have to exert some effort. Then you will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“One is a Buddhist if he or she accepts the following four truths: All compounded things are impermanent. All emotions are pain.… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Copy Share Image
Enter into the activities of the world, without getting overjoyed by success or totally put out by failure. Whether they love you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A teacher is not someone you need perpetually. You need them to show you how to get through the doorway; but once… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Jewish Buddhist consuming the views of Christianity. Wonder if Hindus like to eat fish soup. If it's true, they should hit Alaska… — Mac Miller Copy Share Image
Eating meat is a leftover of the greatest brutality [killing]; the transition to vegetarianism is the first and most natural consequence of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Have lots of plants in your house. Nature and plants understand something about stillness and silence. As you interact with the green… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“According to my interpretation of Buddhism, our dissatisfaction with life derives from a repression even more immediate than death-terror: the suspicion ‘… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“Quietism, Buddhism, and other religions, everything which denies the flesh—is the great inferiority to God in ourselves, an escapism seeking sanctuary through… — Austin Osman Spare Copy Share Image
Often, everywhere we look, we seem to find obstacles and facades and smokescreens, so it was really nice to find things in… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
“Bhikkhus, the teaching is merely a vehicle to describe the truth. Don’t mistake it for the truth itself. A finger pointing at… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Many Buddhist teachers have described compassion as the ability to react freely and accurately in any situation. Being nice or feeling sorry… — Issan Dorsey Copy Share Image
“No disrespect to the Buddha is intended. If there was a Buddha and he was enlightened, then it’s Buddhism that insults his… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
“Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which… — The Buddha Copy Share Image
When I'm wandering around the Himalayas, most of the people that I see are Westerners from Germany, California, or the Netherlands, who… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Very few people are conscious of the deeper strata of eternity. The primary reason is either because they lack purity or they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't judge your meditations. Don't rate them. The physical mind cannot tell how well you did. As long as you are sitting… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Trust yourself. Figure out everything you want, but then don't worry about it. It's all out of our hands. Just let life… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The limitations that we can see of the sexual description of reality are very apparent. Very few men attain enlightenment, even fewer… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The revolutionary idea that children have rights was born in the Enlightenment, but the practical application of that concept, in schools and… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
“So, without telling any of my Zen-snob buddies, I liked to pretend everything was the Pure Land, that my life was already… — Jaimal Yogis Copy Share Image
“Buddha: ‘Though one man may conquer a thousand men a thousand times in battle, he who conquers himself is the greatest warrior.” — David Michie Copy Share Image
In Tantric Buddhism our feeling is that there is no problem with the sensual world unless you have a tremendous attraction or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Greed, fear, lust, hate, jealousy, these are part of reality too ... bundles of consciousness wrapped tightly, barbs on which you can… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Consider that we live in a world predicated upon fear. The underlying assumption is that human beings are innately evil and must… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Money equals the ability to be mobile in this word, to travel, to live in a place that is suitable, to not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“If Christians insist that “if you want peace, work for justice,” the Buddhists would counter-insist, “if you want peace, be peace.” — Paul F. Knitter Copy Share Image
Real winning and losing all takes place at the meditation table. This is where the battles are. Winning is stopping thought. Losing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Tibetan Buddhist realization is that mind does not have any particular qualities or attributes of its own. It's clear - clear… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You must control your anger and jealousy and possessive nature or, as you become more powerful and your will increases in strength,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The way our world is set up, a higher economic priority is given to things that bespeak a greater refinement. It is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Perfectly stay in the natural flow, There is no other concentration. Perfectly realize the natural state, There is no other wisdom.” — Patrul Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment through spirituality versus sexuality is a chicken-and-egg situation. But I’m not bothered about what comes first—as long as I have both… — Merlin Franco Copy Share Image
If you think there's an important difference between being a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or a… — Coleman Barks Copy Share Image
A person of wisdom is not one who practices Buddhism apart from worldly affairs but, rather, one who thoroughly understands the principles… — Nichiren Copy Share Image
I can't give you happiness. I can show you where it is, but I can't give it to you. How can I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is called enlightenment, nirvana, God, truth, call it what you will. There is no activity other than the eternal activities of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Not all teachers utilize both forms of light.In certain circles, those teachers who can manifest the light of samadhi but not the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“the concentrations on emptiness, signlessness, and aimlessness. They are known as the Three Doors of Liberation and are available in every school… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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