Happiness will come through the practice of yoga and Buddhism, that happiness is not something you will lose at the end of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can increase your capacity to absorb the mystical kundalini. I have 3 or 4 students who are on the path of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism ... is not a culture but a critique of culture, an enduring nonviolent revolution or "loyal opposition" to the culture in… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“This is why the higher the peak of enlightenment the people climb, the more widely the vista of moral possibilities open before… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Society doesn't need that everybody is behaving in the full normal way... like people in a Buddhist monastery... But eccentricity may also… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Life is not about focusing on the obstacles. It's about how you handle them, and whether you get enlightenment or levity from… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
The immortal silence is there always waiting for you and that spirit is deathless and courageous. Remember, many have trod the path… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't become a spiritual bigot. Don't feel that just because you meditate and you are striving for enlightenment that you are in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Now you are on the Buddhist way. Keep up your meditation, as there is no instant illumination. The mind moves slowly into… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“him the ordinary man whose Buddhist spirituality often flickered, really just questing for inner silence with not too much of an outer… — Marie-Claire Blais Copy Share Image
During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In these times where it has seemed dark indeed where integrity appears solely buried in legend and lore, it is an opportunity… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
“To challenge the verity of one’s own beliefs is to be courageous. To separate the truth from falsity is to be wise.… — Brian Goedken Copy Share Image
The identity of just one thing, the "clash of civilization" view that you're a Muslim or a Hindu or a Buddhist or… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“The entire virtue of religious practices can be conceived from the Buddhist tradition concerning the recitation of the name of the Lord.… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The pathway to enlightenment is joyful. It may sound harsh. I suggest just the opposite. It is rather easy compared to the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you're a person who just wants to be in the world and doesn't want any knowledge, then I don't know what… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Zen Buddhism, the greater your doubt, the greater will be your enlightenment. That is why doubt can be a good thing.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Power comes from the navel center. If you meditate for an hour or so a day and you focus on that sphere,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To relate is to react. To react is to understand oneself. To understand oneself is to be enlightened. Relationships are schools for… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
When I meditate, people see manifestations of light when I go into samadhi and through the samadhis. Sometimes the energy of enlightenment… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are two sides to a person's being - the superconscious and the conscious. These have reverberations in the popular works of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The causal body is the part of a person that lives forever. It is what you would call the soul. It doesn't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating… — Nevill Drury Copy Share Image
“If we don’t do anything constructive and expect that others will, then obviously nothing is possible. The first step is to cultivate… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
I don't work with men who are antagonistic to the liberation of women. I do work with quite a number of men… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Knowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of mind. This knowledge can penetrate each… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
I love people who make mistakes. That's why I'm in the teaching business. I love people who make mistakes because I enjoy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When the time comes for a change, you will find it occurring without having created it yourself. You may think that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness is found principally in meditation. Let your mind flow out into eternity. You have to exert some effort. Then you will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If the tonal predominates, which we see now more in the world, there's no mystery - understanding of consciousness or awareness. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A teacher is not someone you need perpetually. You need them to show you how to get through the doorway; but once… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enter into the activities of the world, without getting overjoyed by success or totally put out by failure. Whether they love you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“One is a Buddhist if he or she accepts the following four truths: All compounded things are impermanent. All emotions are pain.… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Copy Share Image
I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You are caught in an empty house, in a box, in a place that is not happy. You are trapped inside you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The world is always chaos, but we pretend that it's not because it makes us feel better. In doing so we're able… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My dad was a Buddhist when I was young. So, at a point when I begging become Catholic he was saying "no"… — Sean Astin Copy Share Image
Spiritual balance is the ability to remain happy, to not be hostile to your neighbor when they are being hostile, and not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
