Only those who have the great capacity of genuine trust…

...genuine trust implies the opportunity, of checking wherever it may be wanted... That is why it is the evidence, the experience itself and the…

— Philip Morrison

“You run toward things, not away from them. I don’t know who you are, except you’re not Harry Potter. There’s something about you, I…

— Dean Koontz

Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do battle with…

— Dan B. Allender

“If you attain unsurpassable, complete enlightenment, all sentient beings also attain it. The reason is that all sentient beings are aspects of enlightenment.”

— Dōgen

“Meditation doesn’t lead to enlightenment because in meditation the ego is trying to destroy the ego.”

— Donald O'Donovan

Some people meditate because they want to get the larger picture on life. It could get kind of discouraging if this was all there…

— Frederick Lenz

Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is not conscious…

— Dogen

A very enjoyable meditation on the curious thing called 'Zen' -not the Japanese religious tradition but rather the Western clich of Zen that is…

— Alexander Gardner

Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.

— Sharon Salzberg

Tantra is not sexual yoga. When the word tantra is used in the West, very often people immediately associate it with some kind of…

— Frederick Lenz

I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains." My rejection of Buddhism was a…

— Quentin S. Crisp

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

— Chuck Close

When you meditate you feel joy, harmony, peace, stillness, ecstasy, laughter, certainty, courage, strength, awareness and immortality. In the beginning you will feel these…

— Frederick Lenz

Meditation is the quickest path to enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

Don't worry. These poses have nothing to do with meditation or enlightenment.

— Dharma Mittra