“A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Our freedoms were born in the ideals of the Enlightenment and the musket fires of an historic revolution. — John Boehner Copy Share Image
Kevin Eastman is like a Buddha, like the coolest thing in the world, like a rock star. — Greg Cipes Copy Share Image
The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the realization of the oneness of being, where otherness disappears. — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Hackerspaces are the digital-age equivalent of English Enlightenment coffee houses. They are places open to all, indifferent to social status, and where… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value? — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
There is the physical world that we live in, which we perceive through the senses, but there are other worlds. Right in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Human beings are confused, deluded and generally un-awakened. So as a person who seeks to increase their energy, you have to be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What we discover is it was not the waves or the birds or the wind that were standing out and being separate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What makes us happy is to have a spiritual experience ... that experience of ecstasy in the deepest meditation; that's happiness. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The attainment of enlightenment makes you happy forever. It frees you from the mental and emotional pains that human beings experience every… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some people meditate because they are sick and tired of their life, of the world, of the way people abuse each other… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Although social and personal circumstances will play their part in contributing to how an individual suffers, in Buddhist thought blame is seen… — Desmond Biddulph Copy Share Image
If your parents were strong in one way and weak in another, you will be strong in the same way and weak… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The modern scientist attempts to step outside of himself in order to observe himself, an attempt that is always doomed to failure.… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Discussing God is not the best use of our energy. If we touch the Holy Spirit, we touch God not as a… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Zeena believes that the breaking of taboos creates access to blocked energy that is let loose in a forceful way. The left-hand… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“The teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible. The religion of Buddha has… — Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Copy Share Image
“Since then, the newspapers have relegated to their inside pages the day’s, or week’s, account of the slaughter in the south, almost… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
Enlightenment means that you're in love with all of life, with not only immortality but mortality. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Maybe if you stopped asking "why" all the time, you might be happy. Leave it alone, you know? Life is happy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't worry. These poses have nothing to do with meditation or enlightenment. — Dharma Mittra Copy Share Image
Attachment is the main thing that is blocking your path towards enlightenment. — Garchen Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The etiquette is higher consciousness, sensitivity, gentleness, gracefulness, intensity, power, and knowledge. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are so many traps. There are so many opportunities. Life is a river and we take our boat and we go… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Just as we have a physical body, so we have an etheric body and the etheric body is made up of energy,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
All the past has done is generated the you that you are now. Dwelling on the past isn't going to change anything. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
I have found a much greater appreciation of Buddhism because I couldn't take it for granted here in exile. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A person of knowledge and power never goes out looking for battles. All their battles are within. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is not what you can do for your country, but what you can do for all of mankind. — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
Why waste your time being around people who drag you down? You don't live forever, at least in this life. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
