If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The nation no longer stands for the enlightenment tradition, but rather for military-political hegemony and the total commodification of life. — Morris Berman Copy Share Image
“May I quickly attain complete enlightenment, and having attained the state of a buddha, may I guide all sentient beings to liberation… — Tulku Urgyen Copy Share Image
The danger to power is obsession - power junkies. You need a very strong mind and humor to balance yourself. If you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Without hope, Chöd practitioners are freed from the limits of hope and fear; having cut the ropes of grasping, definitely enlightened, where… — Machik Labdrön Copy Share Image
Love is the bridge that joins all the worlds together. Love permits us to see who and what we are. The only… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“You do not have an existence independent of your environment, but rather you are your environment, and your environment is you.” — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
The enlightenment experience is not what you think. How could it be anything that you can configure, anything you can imagine, any… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Because we feel ourselves to be separate from the world in which we live, we have also grown to feel quite alone… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Children I implore you get out of the burning house now three carts wait outside to save you from a homeless life… — Han-shan Copy Share Image
As a former English professor, I can assure you that grammar is the qualitative interpolation of language. Adjectives, pronouns, predicates, past pluperfect… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I may discuss contemporary cinema, how to shop at a mall without losing energy, how to use the power of mind to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you… — Lorne Ladner Copy Share Image
Jesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Let our lives be firmly rooted in Truth. Abstain from lies. In this dark age of materialism, adherence to truth is the… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“I don’t know where I’m going on this path. I don’t know what I’m doing with my life. You had to be… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
The Buddhists have a story about blind men trying to describe an elephant by feeling it's various parts, and each describes the… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Unlike the transient days of our lives that constantly come and go, nirvana has always been, is now, and always will be. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Marxists want nothing more than to stop being Marxists. In this respect, being a Marxist is nothing like being a Buddhist or… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The human field of perception is not the only band of perception. Nor is it necessarily the best; there is no such… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Think about these things and see if they make sense to you. You will find that work will no longer be a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The four abiding abodes, The ideal attitude for a follower of the Buddhist teaching to maintain towards other living beings.” — Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
The natural elements in the forests, mountains, deserts and large bodies of water, help shield you from the thought forms and auras… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You and I are both life. There's just the experience of every moment. We like to call them moments. There isn't really… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing. — Eugen Herrigel Copy Share Image
For the first time in the history of the world, Buddhism proclaimed a salvation which each individual could gain from him or… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I have a great deal of spiritual dignity. It's on loan from eternity, and you do too, and we have to use… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Many people think excitement is happiness… But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Seek to advance your fortunes in this world. Set up a strong base so that you can practice your spirituality and be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We have the possibility of being far removed from what we are, of beginning to taste it and feel it. That is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Occasionally in my travels I meet people who have pushed too far into the nagual. These individuals are not too balanced but… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you focus on the third chakra it has to pull the kundalini from the root center, through the second, up to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I never really wanted to have a Guru, I was more interested in Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and had a psychological background… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
In order to understand why one chooses to be a Tantric practitioner, there has to be an understanding of cause and effect,… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“Universal Spirit may fitly be likened to the universal water, or water circulating through the whole earth. This universal water exists everywhere.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
I can go shopping and pick up some Bounty Towels, the three pack, I can go home and open those up and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“On considering these instances it is indubitably clear that sati has a crucial role to fulfill in the realm of samatha .… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“The problem, according to Buddhism, is that our feelings are no more than fleeting vibrations, changing every moment, like the ocean waves.… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
