In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
It's certainly easy to meditate on top of a mountain, but one should be also able to meditate in the heart of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68) — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
They can't stop you if, in your heart, you seek enlightenment, empowerment, balance and knowledge. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To look for truth in all the wrong and all the right places is the only excuse for living. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is necessary to have a very liberal and simultaneously very conservative mentality to practice Tantric Zen. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“You told me you were a fucking Buddhist. You should know it's always about the breath." (Vin)” — Edmond Manning Copy Share Image
Sometimes you won't feel pleasant during a meditation session; it seems like an uphill run. But when you get to the top,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment dream is a good one. The idea that people should rationally appreciate their place in nature, assess threats and possibilities,… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Winning has to do with gaining personal power through the practice of meditation and mindfulness; not draining your energy on ridiculous things… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you had to pick between one or the other, I can't say which one is better; but I would certainly say,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The reason you see yourself as a creep is because you have an appreciation of what perfection is, whereas no one else… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You have people who are good at English but don't have the training in Buddhism or Shambhala, or they have the training… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
In Buddhism we don't really believe in sin and salvation as Westerners would define them. We believe in the limitless possibilities of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some people just chase the glittery stuff and they have no substance to their life whatsoever. Actually all they really want is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What we are seeing in America is the creaky old age of an eighteenth-century settlement, deemed at the time to be the… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Relativism is self-contradictory. If someone claims to be a relativist, don't believe it. A relativist will say that your belief is true… — Ted Cabal Copy Share Image
To preserve the integrity of the tradition, we have to distinguish between what is central to that integrity and what is peripheral.… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“First she got Jesus, probably fifteen years ago, and that didn’t work out, so she tried Scientology, and that didn’t help, but… — John Sandford Copy Share Image
“The teaching of the Buddha is called the Dhamma. He did not teach Buddhism, any more than Jesus taught Christianity. The one… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
If we only identify with the mortal world, then we identify with a level of scarcity and lack and brokenness, and that… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“I will be a better Catholic, not if I can refute every shade of Protestantism, but if I can affirm the truth… — Gustav Niebuhr Copy Share Image