“Enlightenment, broadly construed, is to be undeluded about how the world is and how best to live.” — Thomas W. Clark Copy Share Image
“Even my Buddhist friends have been feeling despair and when they go bad, you know the end is nigh.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You are a little band of awareness and your awareness moves from one state of mind to another. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddha has great compassion that is completely impartial, embracing all living beings without discrimination.” — Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Tantric Buddhism means that we become mature adults and we learn the reality of chaos theory. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Sugar is for the body as narcissism is for the soul. Both pleasures kill.” — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
“Heaven is the natural spaciousness of our mind before we make it small with self-protection.” — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Happiness does not come from external objects. It comes from peace of mind. You can be famous; you can be a king,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Thoughts can increase our understanding of a subject, or they can just as easily constrict or block our understanding of a subject.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The fact that you see a manifold world with different times, places and conditions -this exists only because of a lack of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Protection, as we use the word in Buddhism, is actually wisdom, it's insight. Protection is seeing and knowing deeply that all things… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is when you are engaged in activities but the mind is set into the meditative state all the time. Meditation is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay... Everything is impermanence, dissatisfaction and… — Buddha Copy Share Image
In meditation, as you go into the causal dimensions, the planes of light, you will be purified, energized and you will become… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Throughout the day remind yourself that you are moving through eternity. Be focused. Be centered. Be in the now. Know what is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“...the Chöd teachings attributed to Machik Labdrön both rely and innovate on Buddhist representations of mental functionings of a human being, including… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share Image
The study of infinity is much more than a dry academic game. The intellectual pursuit of the absolute infinity is, as Georg… — Rudy Rucker Copy Share Image
There's many lanes on the highway of enlightenment, they don't have to be on the razor's edge like the yellow line dotted… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
“It is the same principle as washing dirty clothes - the more you clean the dirt away, the more it goes back… — Woo Myung Copy Share Image
“Is it by chance that the 18th century of France, the century of the "philosophy of enlightenment," did not produce any poets… — Benjamin Péret Copy Share Image
First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
Compared with that of Taoists and Far Eastern Buddhists, the Christian attitude toward Nature has been curiously insensitive and often downright domineering… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The perpetuators of the Buddha dharma have a moral responsibility to the rest of humanity to be at the forefront of the… — Bodo Balsys Copy Share Image
I think the best comedy enlightens, informs, and changes the way people look at the world. — Adam Conover Copy Share Image
The navel center will bring the power of all three of the lower chakras into your being, but with safety. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My "drop in the ocean" will contribute to the enlightenment of Europe, so to speak. — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
As you become more conscious of your body as eternity, a sense of ease, a fullness beyond description occurs. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“A quick enlightenment tends to do more harm than good. Wise may easily become unwise.” — Iva Kenaz Copy Share Image
The final result of all life is your awareness. Your awareness is existence. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Grow up. Get a life. Life is pain. Anybody who tells you something other than that is trying to sell you something. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“true enlightenment comes only through contemplation and introspection.” — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
“The only thing that makes sense to do is strive for greater collective enlightenment” — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
The trick to being happy is getting beyond the body and the astral realms. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Maybe I was just too young to know how to hold all these balls in the air at once without wanting to… — Emma Slade Copy Share Image
I'm a creature of the eighteenth century at heart: The Enlightenment and the search for happiness suit me. — Brigitte Macron Copy Share Image
Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
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