The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I'm not exactly sure where we are, but I'm confident of where we're not. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Twenty or twenty-five years ago, contraception and enlightenment were held to be almost synonymous.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If you can't hold a person in your mind with a good thought, it is better not to think about them at… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The sights of infinity can be too strong. They can scorch the soul. It's best to take infinity on a little at… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our field trips are an opportunity for you to enter into the world of mystical power. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
If you are going to set out to develop mystical powers to impress your friends and do other things to your enemies,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
There are those who will seek to block you. There are also non-physical forces. To win in the world of enlightenment, it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Move beyond the limited parameters that most human beings have and realize that there are thousands and millions of worlds beyond this… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In our era, just as in every transitional age, God seems dead, but it is really our Enlightenment culture that has died. ” — Robert Inchausti Copy Share Image
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect… — Habib Umar bin Hafiz Copy Share Image
“Everyone makes mistakes. Whether we put our mistakes to use depends on how deeply we reflect on our actions. It is desirable… — Kentetsu Takamori Copy Share Image
The spectrum that most people exist in this world is very mundane and very unhappy. Certainly human beings are capable of experiencing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“13. A Buddha In Tokyo in th Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in… — Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps Copy Share Image
As Buddhists, statues are more than simply pieces of stone to us. We believe the statue of the Buddha has a kind… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
We live in a very pluralistic society today. There are Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, atheists, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Christians like me.… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“Self-actualization is not a sudden happening or even the permanent result of long effort. The eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist poet-saint Milarupa suggested: "Do… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“Of all the things we share, the most central is not in the liturgical or theological or canonical dimensions of the religion.… — Joan Chittister Copy Share Image
“Thus, it is seen that the expanse of dharmas is not an object of speech, reflection, or expression. It is for just… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Human knowledge, by its nature, has limits, so some questions must remain mysteries. Some religions treat such mysteries as secrets that the… — David Christian Copy Share Image
Yet Buddhism is four hundred years older than Christianity, and if it's not a universal religion I don't know what a universal… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
If you want to create a different character, you can do so just by altering your style of dress and cosmetics. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I believe I was at the peak of my enlightenment when I use to say you want fries with that. — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
The secret to enlightenment is kindness and selfless giving. Without that, it's just words, isn't it? — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Will is developed in meditation. It is refined. It is within you, but you don't know how to get to it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's degradation of the environment. But the real issue is the degradation of one's inner environment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Stop trying to be different. Just do what you are good at, and work really hard. You have to work hard to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Find a teacher and devote yourself to the study, but in a balanced way, not a fanatical way. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities. — Vic Braden Copy Share Image
I'm nothing special, just an ordinary human being. That's why I always describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you can ,be a Jesus Christ.But never be a Christian.If you can,be a Buddha.But never be a Buddhist. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spiritual balance is how you deal with opposition, outside of yourself and within. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sex does drain a certain amount of your occult energy. But that really has nothing to do with enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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