We could take all the pleasures that have ever been and will ever be in all the universes and add them up… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The enlightenment you receive through religious training and the enlightenment you receive from drugs are, in the end, one and the same.” — Tatsuhiko Shibusawa Copy Share Image
In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
“If you believe that you are NOT omnipresent, omniscient and ultimately omnipotent – you are delusional. If you believe that you are… — Kevin Michel Copy Share Image
The advanced education in Tantra obviously has to do with the entrance into samadhi, the negation of the self. That is what… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You're thinking that you shouldn't have sex because you're celibate. So you just keep thinking about sex instead of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We can't say what enlightenment is, we can't say what it isn't, because these are words and words have nothing to do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
“What are the path of love and the path of meditation? There are basically two different paths to enlightenment. These two paths… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“What was clear, however, was that the Buddha was born male, then cut off all his hair one day and got enlightened,… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
Our world is in profound danger. Mankind must establish a set of positive values with which to secure its own survival. This… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
“I loved Enso Roshi’s teachings. I loved learning about life. I loved life. It was a good thing to feel. I loved… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“As in other Buddhist Tantric techniques, recommended preliminaries for these practices include developing skill at both calm-abiding ( zhi gnas ; śamatha… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share Image
There is no you in NewVillager, but there is a we. Your job thenceforth will be that of the bodhisattva, the guru,… — Daniel Levin Becker Copy Share Image
Zen is a very fast path to enlightenment, fast in comparison to some other paths, not fast for the person who practices… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Hinduism cannot live without Buddhism, nor Buddhism without Hinduism. Then realise what the separation has shown to us, that the Buddhists cannot… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“The bottom line remains the same: you’re either awake or you’re not.One day, there it is. Nothing. No more enemies, no more… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
I momentarily but genuinely believed that Barack Obama was the answer not only to our nation's depressing politics but to the question… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
Power is the big obstacle, or one of them, that you have to overcome and learn to deal with effectively before you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Among all the sutras I have expounded, Lotus Sutra is the first and foremost! If you are able to uphold the Lotus… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If you are liberated then you can be in the crowd and there is no crowd. You can be surrounded by the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
“Once a Buddha, always a Buddha, Sam. Dust off some of your old parables. You have about fifteen minutes.' Sam held out… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
Some souls attain enlightenment. No one knows why. You could say it is individual inclination. I'm not convinced that's the case. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. It's very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were… — Bernard Beckett Copy Share Image
I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. This is what man wants for a… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
You have visits, then you have disappearances. You enter, then you exit. You come, you go. It would be so great if… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man -… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Enlightenment has nothing to do with physical knowledge. It is the experience of existence. Existence is infinite. There are countless universes and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've… — Hsu Yun Copy Share Image
“In Hinduism and Buddhism, dharma has various connotations, but generally it means cheerfully fulfilling your moral and ethical duty. Doing the right… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The joy of suddenly learning a former secret and the joy of suddenly discovering a hitherto unknown truth are the same to… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
When you are following dharma, you will be happy, at peace, still inside. There will be a sense of purpose to your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Consider a very natural process, menstruation, and how the association has been created in which this process is dirty, degrading. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Women are the sexual slaves of men. They have been convinced that they are the "weaker" sex through a variety of manipulative… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Observe how women defeat each other; whether it's simply for a promotion, for a husband, for survival, so she won't be beaten… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Thus a person can be a Buddha one minute and a jackass three minutes later. You don't just become Buddha at the… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith. — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
