The mind is like a computer. It runs programs. Most of the software has been poorly written. It is written in the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I mean, wha comfort does pretendin to be a Buddhist or wharrever give him? What's wrong with pretendin to be a Catholic… — Trevor Byrne Copy Share Image
“Spiritually, to be a criminal is a form of suffering, so this was the last gesture of atonement needed before Shiva, lord… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is freedom, the thought of enlightenment is prison. The truth exists in the moment. If we´re anywhere else, seeking something outside… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
If you've made a lot of negative seeds, and not a lot of positive seeds, even though you meet with the dharma,… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“The essence of enlightenment … is a big understanding, which gives you a deep and wide perspective to see the world as… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
The subtle physical body is made up of strands of luminous energy, and the energies are flowing through them constantly in the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People who meditate seek good moments forever. They know that there are other worlds beyond this world. They feel it. I experience… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Reincarnation is not an exclusively Hindu or Buddhist concept, but it is part of the history of human origin. It is proof… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
For ages this idea has been proclaimed in the consummately wise teachings of religion, probably not alone as a means of insuring… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
That which especially distinguishes a high order of man from a low order of man, that which constitutes human goodness, human nobleness,… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I think the reason Buddhism and Western psychology are so compatible is that Western psychology helps to identify the stories and the… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“The Society of Professional Journalists believes that "public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy." If that is… — Larry J. Schweiger Copy Share Image
Emotions are not 'bad.' At the roots of our emotions are primal energies which can be put to fruitful use. Indeed...the energies… — James H. Austin Copy Share Image
There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with… — Masaaki Hatsumi Copy Share Image
You are trying to pierce the veil, to break through the Frisbee so that it doesn't exist, to break through the football… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The family gives you ambition, and ambition is one of the hindrances for enlightenment. It gives you desires, it gives you a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We have met with the dharma. Many of us have met with teachers. We do have some idea of what to do… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
What we see in this world is a gross abnormality. The human consciousness fails to perceive the very simple, divine nature of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A part of us resists all of this and wants to make it sound as if it's much too religious, an arbitrary… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can get stuck in being wise. You can get stuck in having a developed will. It is very hard to get… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Follow emptiness, the rise and fall of breath, the sun greeting the moon, one thought dissolving into the next. Let all preconceptions… — Cheryl Pallant Copy Share Image
'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
The abuse of power that seems to create the most unhappiness is when a person uses personal power to get ahead without… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is not a good idea to continually repeat a mantra during meditation. Repeating a mantra throughout your mediation causes you to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It’s very simple: If Buddhism is about awakening, people should be waking up. If it’s not about awakening, they should change the… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
If there was any teacher in the world who insisted upon the inexorable law of cause and effect, it was Gautam, and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I didn't really understand that Vipassana is a relatively new form of Buddhism that was based on the storage of pain. So… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains." My rejection of Buddhism… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Suffering just means you’re having a bad dream. Happiness means you’re having a good dream. Enlightenment means getting out of the dream… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
I've shared meditation with a lot of hip-hop artists, inmates, and returning war veterans with PTSD, as well. I feel like this… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Purity is something that comes from another world. It's a radiance that enters into this world of transformation and change. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most people are fragile. They're fragile in the sense that they're afraid of the unknown, so they cling to each other. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is a bright, hopeful practice in which we learn to make our mind quiet so that the infinite, perfect light of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is an ocean of awareness that slides through the human part of us and dissolves it, and leaves us forever in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you go into samadhi, either salvikalpa or nirvikalpa, what happens is you erase, you loosen, the aggregates. You simplify them. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
From my own personal encounters and studies with both Tantric and Zen Buddhist monks, I have found them to be humorous, warm,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My music is music that Christians and Catholics can listen to. Muslims. Buddhists. And non-religious people as well. It's just music. You… — Jeremy Enigk Copy Share Image
