If we remove ourselves from the world, we are pretending that we can follow our own individual enlightenment and let the rest… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
The chakra is a doorway. These are doorways that lead you into other dimensions. But you have to focus on them to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is the ability to do physical things in a harmonious way; it is a way to remain centered in a physical… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are no problems, there is only confusion. When confusion passes away, there is only happiness. Happiness is not complicated at all. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“There is a great difference between enlightenment and education. The former is a discerned vital knowledge without guidance while the latter is… — Uzoma Nnadi Copy Share Image
For this remains as I have already pointed out the essential difference between the two religions of decadence : Buddhism promises nothing,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
This is the most exciting study there is. It is the only thing I know of in life that makes you feel… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
For an advanced preceiver, the play of life is to assemble and reassemble the self in alternate realities of which this is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
The impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or 'unknowable' by Herbert Spencer, 'will' by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by some… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
“The life of a man is like a ball in the river, the Buddhist texts state - no matter what our will… — Richard C. Morais Copy Share Image
“If a person shows anger to you, and you show anger in return, the result is disaster. If you nurse hatred, you… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
The genius of Man in our time has gone into jet-propulsion, atom-splitting, penicillin-curing, etc. There is none over for works of imagination;… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
“Life is full of acceptance and rejection. Unfortunately, many of us focus on the rejection. Yoga tells us it’s more useful to… — Colleen Saidman Yee Copy Share Image
When you meditate deeply, you will see beyond life and death. You will see that you can't die and you can't be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The practice is enlightenment. Some people find this idea not to their liking. They want to get enlightenment in a flash. This… — Tim Ward Copy Share Image
Slow down. Enjoy life. It's tough to slow down if your mind is going a million miles a second. It's tough to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
“Everyone we interact with has the capacity to surprise us in an infinite number of ways. What can first open us up… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is hard to see in life. If the fog rolls in we can't see anything. Most people get caught up… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Your life can be horrible or it can be incredibly beautiful. It can be boring or exciting. It's seldom in between. Your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
This light unglues the formation and structure of the being for a certain period of time. It will reassemble automatically. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The samurais were very interested in Zen because they admired the tremendous precision that the Zen Masters had, their lack of fear… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Say, for example, you develop the ability to make parking meters disappear. It's probably easier to put a quarter in it. That… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Love is the state of enlightenment and enlightenment is the state of love. You can't make any separation between them. Enlightenment is… — Barry Long Copy Share Image
The way we gain wisdom in meditation is not by explanation. If you go into the planes of light, you will come… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You need a string of successes behind you to buoy that self-image; otherwise, you have a terribly negative attitude about yourself and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I would suggest to you that at this moment you are the only self that you have ever had; you've never had… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Today we can see many different forms of Buddhism, such as Zen and Theravada Buddhism. All these different aspects are practices of… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Happiness is self-generated as the mind becomes still. As we become involved with the desires of the world, we lose that centering,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This sounds really hokey, but I think Buddhism is the only religion that is genuinely peaceful, so I'd try to promote it… — Nick Love Copy Share Image
The condition of humankind is not good, in the sense that the illusory prisons we create for ourselves through our desires and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What the world needs more than anything are Bodhisattvas of peace, lawyers, politicians, teachers working tirelessly for the enlightenment of themselves and… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
I'm not speaking metaphorically, plants that you have in your house, or if you've ever made friends with a tree somewhere, there… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
He led quite a great life, ... He was an Old Testament figure railing against the establishment - a Jewish guy from… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
![“The impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or 'unknowable' by Herbert Spencer, 'will' by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by some 'substance' by Spinoza. The personal aspect (Sakara) of that Being is termed 'Ishvara' or Allah, Hari, Jehova, Father in Heaven, Buddha, Siva…” quote by Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/1cf/sivananda-7251_absolutes_the-impersonal-aspect-of-god-nirakara-ni_611295.jpg)
