While 'Buddhism' suggests another belief system, 'dharma practice' suggests a course of action. The four ennobling truths are not propositions to believe;… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
“But I wish to be enlightened.' 'Let me caution you against it.' 'Is enlightenment on the subject, then, so terrible?' 'Yes, indeed.'… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
The sensual experiences in life are not to be avoided. This is the philosophy of Tantric Buddhism - nor are they particularly… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The higher octave light that comes from samadhi, the kundalini of samadhi, this you can absorb continuously. You can never overload. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Deluded beings think that if they get in a battle with a Zen Master or with a Don Juan, that it's going… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Matter is fun for a while; but ultimately, it is the spiritual experience where we leap beyond what we know- that is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddham Saranam Gocchami, I take refuge in the Buddha, Sangham, I take refuge in the church, Dhammam, I take refuge in the… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“The story of the Burning House is really about our practice of Buddhism. We are constantly living in a burning house, a… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
“Twenty years ago at a conference I attended of theologians and professors of religion, an Indian Christian friend told the assembly, “We… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“However, one should be equally aware that, within the entirety of the Buddha's teachings of expedient and definitive meaning in his three… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“For social pathologies like the Great Purges, there are no fully satisfactory explanations. Every individual knows that he is powerless, an actual… — Sheila Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I must add, though, that I don't believe making disciples must equal making adherents to the Christian religion. It may be advisable… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
And this presence of the Spirit will enlighten not only yellow skin people or white skin people but even black skin people.… — Brother Yun Copy Share Image
To deal with someone from other infinites is problematic at times, to deal with a true master of all the realms of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What matters is that they are curious about life, energy, truth, and themselves and that they haven't sold out to the establishment… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The perfect man, for the pagans, was the perfection of the man that exists; for Christians, the perfection of the man that… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
There are lifetimes where one goes off into the Himalayas and meditate in a cave. But this is not really one of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
That's my sole purpose in life is to sit here today and tell you that you can do this, in any life.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
All answers are only found in the super-conscious. It takes us to a point where we don't ask questions anymore because that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To increase the flow of kundalini that will alter our perception, it is necessary to clarify the purpose of one's being. This… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Two of the most powerful of these power places are located in the Boston and Los Angeles areas. Highly evolved souls tend… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Thinking is usually a waste of time and energy, since thinking is essentially a rehashing of what we already know. As a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The kundalini is the life force; it is the essential energy of existence. It is the hidden ingredient in life. It is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As you meditate, you will discover, pleasantly, that you too can see beyond this life, that you can see your eternality. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As the kundalini energy increases, as the energy of the psyche becomes more pronounced, which it does as thought becomes eclipsed by… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Universities are very clarifying places of power, because everyone is focused on trying to figure out exactly what to do with their… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“And is it only a dream, that in the end man will find his joy in deeds of enlightenment and mercy alone,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Dualistic doctrines that regard mind and body as separate entities do not provide much enlightenment on the nature of the disembodied mental… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
There are all these people running all over the planet who don't see what life is for, what their own lives are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ram Mandir is important to me because in a country where Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Jains are allowed to practice their faith anywhere,… — Manoj Tiwari Copy Share Image
In meditation the mind stops, thought ceases. When thought stops, the world stops. When the world stops, perception stops. When perception stops,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The purpose of all of this is not to walk around with new vocabulary words, but to cause you to speculate on… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If there were a bunch of Buddhist or Hindus or Roman Catholics carrying out grotesque acts of international terror, I would expect… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
Within the human frequency of perception, what you see is what you get. I would classify the bottom of the band as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is important to have intensive blocks of time together. During our nights together there is a tremendous interchange of knowledge, power… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is the experience of enlightenment, to be very aware of what lies beyond the boundaries of cognitive perception, reflection and self-awareness… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ideally, you would live in an area that is not necessarily in the middle of the country, out in the woods, because… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
