“On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“And the Buddha pointed out that his confusion was justified, for 'the dharma is profound, difficult to see, difficult to understand, peaceful,… — David J. Kalupahana Copy Share Image
Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“In a nutshell, Buddhists understand that all negative memories are associated with problems from the past, even if only a few seconds… — Andrew Daley Copy Share Image
“If ever you're getting a dog, Francis, make sure it's a Buddhist. Good-natured dogs, the Buddhists. Never, never get a Mahommedan. They'll… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
We live in a world filled with automobiles, highways of the mind, urban disasters, billions of people living on a tiny planet,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks… — James Randi Copy Share Image
Unless you have a great deal of purity, it's difficult to retain the higher light. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What you need to learn are basic types of concentration, bringing more energy into your life, plugging up the holes where you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Many spiritual teachers have done this. They have disbanded their whole community because everyone got angry. The karma, at a certain point,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in the quest for enlightenment the only thing that gets lighter is your wallet.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
Enlightenment does not come by reading many books, obtaining multiple academic degrees, meditating and starving the body under an ancient tree or… — Prem Tihan Copy Share Image
As you learn to accept that the body is transitory, as you watch it with love, but without attachment, the body will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the chakras, it's the heart chakra, anahata, the central chakra, three above and three below, which symbolizes happiness and love, psychic… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which… — The Buddha Copy Share Image
Another part of the rejection I mention was the realisation that Buddhism quite simply ignores or dismisses a whole hemisphere of human… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Certainly, I am aware that there have been a number of articles written about me and television shows in which I have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also. — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
“This conception has influential part in Eckhart Tolle's teaching, where Ego is presented as an accumulation of thoughts and emotions, and only… — Wikipedia Copy Share Image
One can be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ without denying the flickers of the sacred in followers of Yahweh, or Kali,… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
Grow up. Get a life. Life is pain. Anybody who tells you something other than that is trying to sell you something. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's interesting to see what's going on with physics these days because they're starting to come out with stuff that sounds remarkably… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
If you perform your work viewing it as your dharma, your actions become sacred. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Nature is not something to conquer, but something to learn from or to merge with and be part of - to dance… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We should reflect on the idea that since the beginning of time sentient beings have been mentally unstable because they have been… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Try to find a teacher of meditation and meditate at least once a week in a group with people who meditate a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I have seen people who practice yoga and Buddhism who are scared to death of the sorcery powers of others. This is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The world appears solid to most people. It is filled with their pain, their desires, their private ecstasies, their expectations. They are… — 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
When your home is perfect, every plant in place, every piece of furniture suits the space completely - you've completed a task. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“According to the Buddhist tradition, the spiritual path is the process of cutting through our confusion, of uncovering the awakened state of… — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Yoga practice seems to be used to access some deeper dimension or some enlightened state. Understand right now there is no connection… — Bryan Kest Copy Share Image
One day Mara, the Buddhist god of ignorance and evil, was traveling through the villages of India with his attendants. He saw… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves. — M. H. Abrams Copy Share Image
The sign of an advanced spiritual person is that they don't think they're an advanced spiritual person until after liberation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
