People love misery, they love to feel sorry for themselves, and they definitely don't want to be enlightened. That's the first thing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment doesn’t make us a better person if we seek it just for us. It doesn’t erase our desires or put an… — Balroop Singh Copy Share Image
“Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is living in the light of cosmic collaboration. Collaboration gives us the freedom to come out of the boundaries of limited… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
I mean that much more than wiser beings from beyond the stars bringing us enlightenment or death or salvation, we are likely… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
If you are going to experience the ecstasy of enlightenment, it is not just going to be a phrase. You've got to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sex is life: The act of creation in pleasure, the loss of oneself in another, the coming together of opposites in a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We live in a world that is dominated by war, hate, violence and suspicion. Those are the things that come naturally in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhism offers a way out of delusion by giving the advice to know one’s self well and to ignore both feelings and… — Read trepreneur Copy Share Image
So the main question is not, Which humans brought about the death of Jesus but, What did the death of Jesus bring… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“When we fancy ourselves to be a particular thing with a name, we see ourselves as we would a cork in a… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
“LEARNING HOW to be kind to ourselves is important. When we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It's interesting to see what's going on with physics these days because they're starting to come out with stuff that sounds remarkably… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Faith does not protect you. Medicine and airbags... Those are the things that protect you. God does not protect you. Intelligence protects… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
To those who are trained in science, creationism seems a bad dream, a sudden coming back to life of a nightmare, a… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
The way you dress is extremely important. It demonstrates your spirit. It's the guise through which the world evaluates and views you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Do I wish that the Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian?… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Many spiritual teachers have done this. They have disbanded their whole community because everyone got angry. The karma, at a certain point,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The mystical kundalini energy has some, I don't know if you'd call them limitations, but there are certain operational factors which you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When it comes time to die, you will not be afraid. By meditating, you will have already seen beyond life and death… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Writing generally, it may be said that in design, roof, and general aspect, Japanese Buddhist temples are all alike. The sacred architectural… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
The future is certain for those who follow dharma. Those who don't follow dharma are pushed back again and again into the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You cannot convince a Buddhist to become a Protestant any more than you can convince a person who embraces realism as the… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Some people say that if you have sex you can't be enlightened. I think it isn't really so much whether you have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism maintains that the common reaction of the human mind to pleasure and to achievement is not satisfaction; it's craving for more. — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The sign that the kundalini is releasing is not the development of miraculous powers, but that your mind is becoming quieter. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You've got to protect the system of secular faith in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and Enlightenment values. That way,… — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
Meditation is the study of making the mind still. As your mind becomes still, a power enters you. This power transmogrifies your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
We seek to unify ourselves with the endless light of truth, of God, of nirvana. We recognize the infinite playing through all… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ethics arises in the recognition of our obligation to care for others as beings, like us, exposed to mortality - that is,… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
When you live in a psychic state of mind, you are happy. You don't have to do anything. Life is always beautiful,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ju jitsu is very Buddhist. All that we fear we hold close to ourselves to survive. So if you're drowning and you… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
As you meditate, you will be able to look at the beauties and horrors of life and accept them with an equal… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Self-discovery is realistic. It's not built on ideas and philosophies. It's what works. Philosophies are nice if you like philosophies. But self-discovery… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
