Buddhism Quotes · Page 58

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

— Nhat Hanh

“While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.”

— Sharon Salzberg

All beings exist ultimately in a condition of inner enlightenment. Enlightenment is in all things.

— Frederick Lenz

One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.

— Paul Theroux

My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.

— Kailash Kher

Only the rich can achieve enlightenment because the poor are too busy looking for fridge freezers.

— Rajneesh

You may have had countless lives, and many more stretching before you, and what else have you got to do with your…

— Frederick Lenz

“Can you allow yourself to be impaled on the present moment?”

— T. Scott McLeod

Nature is not something to conquer, but something to learn from or to merge with and be part of - to dance…

— Frederick Lenz

My varnashram dharma teaches me that there must be some significance in the fact of my being born in India instead of…

— Mahatma Gandhi

No true Dharma Master behaves with rage, hate, ranting, self- importance. These are signs of mental instability, a character flaw. Never follow…

— Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

There is a spirit that guides us, if we will listen. It speaks softly. In order to hear it we must still…

— Frederick Lenz

It is not the responsibility of the enlightened teacher to bring the student to enlightenment. That may be true in the classroom,…

— Frederick Lenz

You can take the kundalini from the crown center and bring it down. You can bring it up or you can stabilize…

— Frederick Lenz

We are not just humans learning to become buddhas, but also buddhas waking up in human form, learning to become fully human.

— John Welwood

Who's to say what's right or wrong? The courts and the society can be totally wrong. Nazi Germany, what did they say…

— Frederick Lenz

“Karl Marx famously called religion 'the opiate of the masses'. Buddhism, particularly as it is popularly practiced, promises improvement through karma. Islam…

— John Green

“Slowly, slowly, his soul was filled with bitterness at the fact that he had stood a step away from enlightenment, from the…

— Dmitry Glukhovsky

When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,…

— Pema Chodron

“Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the…

— Frank Herbert

You are a Buddha, and so is everyone else. I didn't make that up. It was the Buddha himself who said so.…

— Nhat Hanh

“Buddhism offers a basic challenge to this cultural worldview. The Buddha taught that this human birth is a precious gift because it…

— Tara Brach

The incipient magician will confess his faith to a universal religion. He will find out that every religion has good points as…

— Franz Bardon

“The extraction of discrete parts of Chöd teachings from their broader philosophical contexts is symptomatic of how Chöd has been incorporated into…

— Michelle Sorensen

I'm a Zen Master. I'm an occult teacher. I teach people how to become that, how to be perfect.

— Frederick Lenz

Kring is the mantra of power. "Kring" should only be repeated when you are in deep meditation.

— Frederick Lenz

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

— Gautama Buddha

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.

— Hermann Hesse

The period of meditation is a time when we go back to the source. We go back to what we were before…

— Frederick Lenz

My happiness comes from doing all I can for my students. To help them, what else could there be?

— Frederick Lenz

“Enlightenment or Evolution leaves no shade under the tree.”

— johnjwillard

“As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame it.”

— Sharon Salzberg

There's no right or wrong in the study of enlightenment. There's only experience.

— Frederick Lenz

“...spells of incarceration or exile were almost badges of honour for Enlightenment writers.”

— Kate Berridge

To be wise doesn't always mean to have a wrinkled face and sparkly eyes. To be wise means to be still inside.

— Frederick Lenz

“most of the leading Enlightenment intellectuals were producers of racist ideas and abolitionist thought.10”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Before beginning an activity always first empty yourself of thoughts regarding what you are about to do.

— Frederick Lenz

Many people who help me encounter a lot of resistance from other people and from forces.

— Frederick Lenz

The nuns taught me that the best thing you can do in life when things get difficult is to work.

— Frederick Lenz

“Ignorance causes pain, but awareness creates happiness. Therefore, look for enlightenment every day.”

— Linda Alfiori