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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
Everything we see is an illusion. Even our perceptions of truth are illusory, illusory in the sense they're not complete. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We too, must overcome our own Mara, those things that arise in our minds to try to become discouraged and give up… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
God will not let me get the blessing without asking. Today I am setting my face to fast and pray for enlightenment… — Bonar Law Copy Share Image
“Joe certainly didn't seem concerned with his own enlightenment, but he did seem more intelligent than the average muscle neck. Then he… — Rachel Gibson Copy Share Image
To an experienced Zen Buddhist, asking if one believes in Zen or one believes in the Buddha, sounds a little ludicrous, like… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
It's an adversarial world outside of the safety of nirvana and enlightenment. In life, all beings need to feed on other beings… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“believe absolutely in the truth and the teachings of the saints, and in the revelations of God; live your lives by that… — Ramesh Menon Copy Share Image
“There seems to be an inborn drive in all human beings not to live in a steady emotional state, which would suggest… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
You discover the goal of existence by living it. The present is the only time when you can evolve, experience the divine,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Near Tokyo lived a great Samurai warrior, now old, who decided to teach Zen Buddhism to young people. In spite of his… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Rae Chorze Fwaz was a mystery school. A mystery school is an occult order comprised of people who study meditation, enlightenment and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
“There is no fire like greed No crime like hatred No sorrow like separation No sickness like hunger of heart And no… — Len Varley Copy Share Image
No true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings. Ever. We simply need to create a way to address… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Through the practice of concentration and various techniques, we silence the mind and we enter into a flow of perfect light. We… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Bernadette never went to Mass; she was a fundamentalist Christian. Mother often said she only used religion as a framework for her… — Donal Ryan Copy Share Image
There is a buddhist proverb which I like a lot. It says: "Every body deserves mercy". That means that every body is… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Belief in heaven and hell is a big deal in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and some forms of doctrinaire Buddhism. For the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Concepts are not real things; a conceptualized world is a dead world. Living actualities lose their life when put into concepts.” — Gyomay M. Kubose Copy Share Image
The world is entering another dark age. After 1985, the Maya will be so thick that it will be difficult to advance… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The choice of evil is given, so that restraint could be taught and practiced, and a higher level of enlightment could be… — QJ Copy Share Image
The Dalai Lama says that when a Catholic and a Buddhist speak, the Buddhist becomes a deeper Buddhist and the Catholic becomes… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
The kundalini is the energy that opens up the bands of perception. It is also the power that allows us to travel… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whether or not enlightenment is possible at the moment of death, the practices that prepare one for this possibility also bring one… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
What we are doing is taking an occult energy; it's amplifying in the chakras and the hands. Then we are neutralizing it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and pain, fame and disripute, these are just the worldly winds of existence.” — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
Because my main concern is the Tibetan Buddhist culture, not just political independence, I cannot seek self-rule for central Tibet and exclude… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Do a strong work meditation all day. You won't be as exhausted as everyone else because you have been gaining a kind… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nirvana is the other side, the source of all things, where all the aggregates come from, where the templates of infinity are. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“All these mystics, throughout history, all over the world, they all found their way to enlightenment by physical suffering.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The byproduct of doing for others is the path to enlightenment and when viewed in hindsight reveals the meaning of life. — Jordan Blake Michiels Copy Share Image
Take a couple of days by yourself and rent a nice cabin in some nice, happy place. Stay a day or two… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Tantric Zen, career, relationships, the type of insurance you have - all things are part of your evolution, your awareness, your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
