Buddhism Quotes · Page 43

This is only a small part of the totality. From this island earth we see only a fragment of creation and its…

— Frederick Lenz

The last thing we should do is allow ourselves to be infantilized by a counterfeit version of enlightenment.

— Marianne Williamson

Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist.

— Jim Coleman

Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.

— Ajahn Sumedho

Suffering is universal. its the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.

— John Green

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.

— Dogen

To nobody can you communicate in words and teachings, what happened to you in your hour of enlightenment.

— Hermann Hesse

What is perfect? From the Zen mind, perfection is not being there.

— Frederick Lenz

This is the age of electrical energy. The age of atomic energy hasn't really dawned yet, not in the way that atomic…

— Frederick Lenz

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

— Dalai Lama

There's something uniquely interesting about Buddhism and mathematics, particularly about quantum physics, and where they meet. That has fascinated us for a…

— Andy Wachowski

Be mindful, which is more of a passive meditation practice. It is passive when you are active. Then there is active meditation,…

— Frederick Lenz

There is a definite way to do this. There is a training program that you will go through and it's delightful. It's…

— Frederick Lenz

Power is the big obstacle, or one of them, that you have to overcome and learn to deal with effectively before you…

— Frederick Lenz

I think Buddhism is a wonderful philosophy. I've had the good fortune to meet many wonderful teachers from that society.

— Pierce Brosnan

The universe is ecstasy. We have many other ways of perceiving infinity. And when you perceive life through these other modes, that's…

— Frederick Lenz

The teaching of the buddhas is: Find time and a place to remain unoccupied. That's what meditation is all about. Find at…

— Rajneesh

Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the…

— Sakyong Mipham

I don't personally believe in an arrived state of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We…

— Mark Nepo

“Mind is pure and bright in its essence. It is always free from passions and mean desires, just as the sun is…

— Kaiten Nukariya

You can call it tathata, suchness. 'Suchness' is a Buddhist way of expressing that there is something in you which always remains…

— Rajneesh

“The secret of enlightenment is the absolute, unequivocal conviction that it exists. What does that mean? It means you have discovered an…

— Andrew Cohen

“Committing myself to the task of becoming fully human is saving my life now...to become fully human is something extra, a conscious…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

I have taken special interest in these accounts [of UFOs].. I think there may be substance to some of these reports... I…

— Gerald R. Ford

If one thinks of an enlightened person in a negative way, as it hits their aura, it returns very strongly.

— Frederick Lenz

I know a lot of wealthy people in West Los Angeles. Money doesn't necessarily make you happy.

— Frederick Lenz

“Invest in your enlightenment; it pays the highest life dividends.”

— Master Del Pe

We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.

— Jack Kornfield

Changing the way you dress can make it easier to make deeper changes in the structure of your personality.

— Frederick Lenz

“To attain to enlightenment is to attain to all. When you are not, you become the whole.”

— Swami Dhyan Giten

There's a strong aspect of Buddhism which is geared towards ending all fertility.

— Quentin S. Crisp

We have to leave everything we have been, a perceiver, "I" as an individual. That is enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

The essence of all reincarnation is to have the best lifetime now that you've ever had, no matter what's going on.

— Frederick Lenz

“Enlightenment is not about cocooning one’s self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life.”

— Jay Woodman

It is necessary to go through all the daily tasks and bring perfection to them.

— Frederick Lenz

On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more!

— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

What we do outwardly will only interrupt the flow of our perfect attention is it is not in harmony with the dharma.

— Frederick Lenz

Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.

— Karen Armstrong

“Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.”

— Gautama Buddha

“We all have issues & we have usually come by them honestly.”

— Allan Lokos