When you find yourself dwelling on something negative, consciously use your willpower to remove your mind from that which is negative. Move… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you have been touched by the success fairy, people think you know why. People think success breeds enlightenment and you are… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual,… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Advance yourself by advancing others. Do not judge others. Be of service to them, but realize that you are not necessarily the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the course of time one does not feel even the existence of God. After attaining enlightenment one sees that gods and… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
I think it's so important to have a practice, because the consciousness isn't perfection or enlightenment or any of that bullshit. The… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
There's this cave and all humanity is in it and there's this terribly bright light at the other end and everybody's afraid… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“At times it can feel like you are being nailed to the cross of Divine laws and truths, which dissolves all your… — Padma Aon Prakasha Copy Share Image
“Spiritual power is generated within temple walls, and sent out to bless the world. Light from the house of the Lord illumines… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Such is his power that karma can't hold him. No… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Most people think that an enlightened Buddhist Teacher is a fireman; His job is to put the fire out so that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“that held no tradition too sacred to question. Jesus was the first of the Enlightenment philosophers. In John 8: 4-7 speaking like… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“It seems that, without clarity and honesty, we don't progress. We just stay stuck in the same vicious cycle. But honesty without… — Pema Chodran Copy Share Image
“If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For most persons, the mystical kundalini energy is easier to initially perceive, unless you're extremely sensitive. It's more of a rush, a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In Buddhism we meditate. We make our minds quiet by learning to focus on the chakras, release internal energy that we call… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Buddhism helps us to overcome our endless ego grasping mind to open up to something so much more spacious and genuinely meaningful. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Great spiritual traditions are used as a means to ripen us, to bring us face to face with our life, and to… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
There's no way we can possibly understand anything. But we can see things, we can perceive things, and we can wonder. We… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you are serious about sports and athletics then you need to begin the discipline of mind. With the power of mind,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Stop trying to figure it all. Why worry about it all so much? Why not just live? And then you die. And… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You are a fluid metaphor for existence. You are your own death and your own rebirth. Here is forever. It never changes.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something,… — Joko Beck Copy Share Image
Wisdom, in the world of enlightenment, is not gained through conversation. Wisdom and enlightenment is something that you gain by making the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddha gave up his throne and renounced his position, that was true renunciation; but there cannot be any question of renunciation in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Tantric Zen is the original Zen, Zen without rules, Zen without form. Zen can certainly take rules and form. So Tantric Zen… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most people have no idea how unhappy they are because they don't know what happiness is. When they get a little break… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Try to be still inside. Learn to quiet and stop thought, and you will be able to develop your mind. Your psychic… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Balance is to choose happiness, to feel that the purpose of life is to love, not necessarily to be loved, to be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
For me the protection of Planet Earth, the survival of all species and the sustainability of our ecosystems is more than a… — Rajendra K. Pachauri Copy Share Image
There are different pathways - be it Zen, tantra, karma yoga, or jnana yoga. Different ways have been devised to do the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
