To assume that wealth or sexuality or the usage of power, any of these things are not void in nature, gives them… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The outer form of Buddhism, of practice, is etiquette - a series of ways to live intelligently that keep you alive, awake… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It is an essential tenet of Buddhism that we can begin to change the world by first changing how we look at… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
It's necessary when you follow the path of love to love those around you first. Desire tells us that we should have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Each of the small enlightenments that a Zen practitioner has, which are known in Zen as "Satori experiences," provides deeper insights into… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Beyond this life and This world I'll have it til My heart's content: The bright moon that passed over The horizon before… — Saigyo Copy Share Image
When you can command the nagual you have a great deal of power, and people know it intuitively. They feel if they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The study of law, medicine and the arts, in each of these instances, the developed mindset is very helpful to one who… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Consistent with the liberal views of the Enlightenment, Leibniz was an optimist with respect to human reasoning and scientific progress. Although he… — Shelby D. Hunt Copy Share Image
You think you want to know the secrets of the universe. You think you want to see the way things all fit… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Anyone can visit the Astral plane by the mechanism of Astral projection. As a citizen of the universe, you have the absolute… — W. C. Vetsch Copy Share Image
If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“I say to you, Beloved Students of Light: Arise! Awaken! to the fullness of your God - Dominion. Fearlessly use the conscious… — Godfré Ray King Copy Share Image
“Meditate but one hour upon the self’s nonexistence and you will feel yourself to be another man,” said a priest of the… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“In our time, the world created by the Enlightenment is strong, active, and exuberant. For a while in the past century, socialists… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Copy Share Image
[Thich Nhat Hanh] the one that revolutionized Buddhism. Instead of being monks just engaged in meditation, it was active Buddhism. You went… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If we do overcome linear time, I would hope this means dwelling more directly in the fertility of the imagination rather than… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Power, people are obsessed with it. You can take a nice person and turn them into a slob, into an insane being,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The mystical kundalini is very different. It is a much more intense transformative energy which, when used, allows a person to make… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
The later stages of the enlightenment process are trickier, and it is really essential to have a teacher then. You need correction,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We are alive for a certain period of time in any given lifetime. We are competing against time. It is a race… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are parts of us that are miserable, that hate, that love, that are cruel, are kind, are reasonable, are unreasonable. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Modern Hinduism, modern Jainism, and Buddhism branched off at the same time. For some period, each seemed to have wanted to outdo… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You need to search your awareness and consider the limitless possibilities of existence in all things and not be so narrow-minded in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Combine meditation with career as a yoga. You will find that your practice will not be any less powerful than a person… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is like taking a shower. You are going to wash all the dirt off that you have picked up since your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Shall any gazer see with mortal eyes, Or any searcher know by mortal mind, Veil after veil will lift--but there must be… — Edwin Arnold Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They're a sense of play. But… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
“Do Buddhists believe in God, or not?” Ellie asked on their way to have dinner with the Abbot. “Their position seems to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
You must be accommodating with your teacher. You must have a sense of humor about your teacher and the impossible things they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you thrive on the city energy it is necessary to leave the city frequently and to walk in parks, to get… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As you meditate, you will find that consciousness itself will move you beyond time and space and condition into a larger, vaster,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It takes tremendous self-restraint on the part of the student not to want to monopolize the teacher's attention, to live a very… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I hear real faithful people - whether it's a real Christian, or a real Buddhist, or a real Muslim - I… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
Even in the world, the yogi who faithfully discharges his responsibilities, without personal motive or attachment, treads the sure path of enlightenment. — Mahavatar Babaji Copy Share Image
Material success is a way of tightening up your life so that you can move into higher planes of attention. You should… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness is a state of mind. The key to happiness is being able to disconnect your life from your perceptions. If you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image