“He felt that to increase his knowledge was to strengthen his hatred. Under certain circumstances, instruction and enlightenment may serve as rallying… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“One foundation of loving relationships is curiosity, keeping open to the idea that we have much to learn even about those we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Why are we sitting? Why are we practicing? Why are we doing anything? It's not so I can be happy. It's so… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
After the meditation session you have to be a little bit careful. If you start to think a lot of thoughts and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“As Tibetan Buddhists remind us, “If we take care of the minutes and moments, the hours and days will take care of… — Todd Kashdan Copy Share Image
The way to meditate is by not trying to be too good at it too quickly. This is essential, because otherwise you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
After meditation, it is a good idea to bow and offer your meditation to god, to that stillness and perfection that is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We are not told of things that happened to specific people exactly as they happened; but the beginning is when there are… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
“In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“The reasonableness of the universe provides us with access to God's Reason, and the Bible is and continues to be the true… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
As far as miracles are concerned, I'm not aware that I perform miracles. After many years and lifetimes of meditation, I am… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Whether pilgrim or wayfarer, while seeking to be taught the Truth (or something), the disciple learns only that there is nothing that… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
“Death, according to Buddhism, is the cessation of the psycho-physical life of any one individual existence. It is the passing away of… — Nārada, Maha Thera Copy Share Image
“The spiritual life (adhyatma-jivana), the religious life (dharma-jivana) and the ordinary human life of which morality is a part are three quite… — Śrī Aurobindo Copy Share Image
“Real Buddhism is not really an “ism.” It’s a process, an awareness, an openness, a spirit of inquiry—not a belief system, or… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
The Indians in the Southwestern United States went to many places of power. They were able to have profound dream experiences where… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Who am I? I am not nothing but this moment in the flow of life. This flow of life is not in… — Kiyozawa Manshi Copy Share Image
[Someone] said that what I described as the Buddhist voice - the life-denying voice of censure and guilt - sounded to him… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Contemporary defenders of the Enlightenment shouldn't overgeneralize: the Enlightenment, however it is defined, is not an unalloyed good. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
Thanks to my Buddhist faith, to the positivity that arose from prayer, I put the optimism of determination before the pessimism of… — Roberto Baggio Copy Share Image
Don't run away from the world. The world is God. Don't run towards the world. God is the void. Don't be afraid… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The kundalini energy is often compared to a snake that is coiled up. Because it is coiled up it can spring very… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The force that drives the green fuse, as Dylan Thomas said, cannot be understood. So self-discovery is to accept your daily meditation,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Everybody goes into different dimensional planes. You do it every night when you dream. You are journeying into other dimensional planes. Dreams… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The great rationalist Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” The religious mystic the Buddha said, “I think, therefore I am not.”… — Thomas Stark Copy Share Image
Life is endless reality. There is reality after reality, spinning on endlessly into the cosmos, billions and billions of manifest universes. Underlying… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“You cannot reach lofty heights in art if you do not first discover the unsurpassable beauty in your own heart. If you… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do is to sit and brood and feel sorry for yourself. Nor should you feel wrong about… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are millions of little opportunities out there to advance yourself. But you need the personal power to see how to do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Anna used to say that the Buddhists meditate about reactions. That we cannot control WHAT happens to us, only how we react… — Suzanne Hayes Copy Share Image
Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then, to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone, and never… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Christian pities men because they are dying, and the Buddhist pities them because they are living. The Christian is sorry for… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Humility means freedom. It provides growth and takes you out of the cycle of change that you are currently in, which is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“people are finding that in their dramatically transformed circumstances, the old forms of faith no longer work for them: they cannot provide… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
If you're in the tantric sex state of mind, what someone else experiences when they have sex is not what you'll experience.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
An enlightened teacher has personal power. Sitting and meditating with an enlightened teacher in a meditation hall or at a power spot… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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