Buddhism Quotes · Page 56

When one side or the other predominates, there's an imbalance and there's unhappiness.

— Frederick Lenz

Philosophical enlightenment, musical composition, writing and scientific observation keep me sane. - Johnny Luckett

— Johnny Luckett

Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is.

— Eckhart Tolle

I don't know how much you know about Zen, but you'll know less when I'm done with you.

— Frederick Lenz

I offer you the possibilities of immortality, a pathway that leads beyond the known and the unknown, few follow it.

— Frederick Lenz

Anything but enlightenment is pure pain; it is the lack of enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

“A buddha is an idle person. He doesn't run around after fortune and fame.”

— Bodhidharma

Enlightenment is simply sanity~ the sanity in which I see my real situation in the living fabric of all that exists.

— Frederick Franck

Tantric Zen is not being kinky; nor is it being conservative and austere. It is eclectic. It is a real mixture of…

— Frederick Lenz

Enlightenment is to be outside the circle, the circle of death and rebirth. There is a circle inside you. If you meditate…

— Frederick Lenz

Mindfulness is paying attention to what is going on. Just look at beauty. Not just the beauty of things you see with…

— Frederick Lenz

There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is…

— Frederick Lenz

To simply see a teacher to gain power is a mistake. You'll gain the power, but with the current mindset that you…

— Frederick Lenz

Let us say your wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend makes you happy. If they leave, you're bound to be unhappy. You are the…

— Frederick Lenz

The Zen of doing anything is doing it with a particular concentration of mind, a calmness and simplicity of mind, that brings…

— Chris Prentiss

In order to effectively interlock with higher spheres of mind and attention, you must have tremendous balance and control. You learn that…

— Frederick Lenz

“Some people think that expedient meanings are false and deceiving and thus should not be relied upon. Also, some Buddhists say, "We…

— Karl Brunnholzl

Chakras are mystical energy centers that exist within the human aura. Tremendous occult power resides in a person's chakras. Siddha masters draw…

— Frederick Lenz

“Meditation is a method-less act – an act of contemplation – an act of being. And this contemplation or this being is…

— Abhijit Naskar

I've always liked Southeast Asia a lot. It's a wonderful place, an easy place. People are great, there's a lot of history…

— Matt Dillon

O Lord, please fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, and nudge me when I've said enough. Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of…

— Susan Jeffers

“The founders of modern Burma believed that they could guarantee prosperity and happiness by correctly choosing the moment for the rebirth of…

— Anonymous

“The recent explosions, from India to the United States, of ressentiment against writers and journalists as well as politicians, technocrats, businessmen and…

— Pankaj Mishra

Buddha introduced the idea that young people should become sannyasins. Then it is something significant. When a young person goes beyond sex,…

— Rajneesh

Your reason is your friend. It defends the island of your awareness. But you don't want your reason to rule everything.

— Frederick Lenz

To choose the light or to choose other things is always the question.

— Frederick Lenz

The purpose of life is to love, not necessarily to be loved.

— Frederick Lenz

As long as you are in the relative worlds, you should be realistic and know there is winning and losing here.

— Frederick Lenz

“We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again”

— Sharon Salzberg

“All dharma teachings agree on one point—lessening one’s self-absorption”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Enlightenment is represented by Sri Krishna, who is said to be an avatar.

— Frederick Lenz

I was 3 when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor.

— Brie Larson

“The first step towards true enlightenment is to lighten up on yourself.”

— Bashar

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.

— Anonymous

In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion.

— Jack Kornfield

It is possible to modify your awareness to perceive what plants perceive, birds, beings in the astral, the causal.

— Frederick Lenz

Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.

— Dogen

Discriminate between the transient and the eternal. Learn to move from complete control to complete abandon.

— Frederick Lenz

To go within doesn't mean to become enraptured with who you are, or to become enraptured with ideas of who you are.

— Frederick Lenz

“The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion.”

— Allan Lokos