Keep a sense of humor, that keeps you balanced, and you'll do quite well with it all, I'm sure. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Modern Hinduism, modern Jainism, and Buddhism branched off at the same time. For some period, each seemed to have wanted to outdo… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Start a meditation session by repeating a mantra, perhaps, "Aum", which is the most powerful of all mantras. Then, after repeating the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Each time the dharma moved into a different civilization or historical period, it faced a twofold challenge: to maintain its integrity as… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't occur by accident. It is a deliberate decision that someone makes again and again. It is something you grow into… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most people are taught from an early age on, to conceive of themselves as losers. They are taught that there are a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This world is not a middle point in evolution. It's one step down from the middle point in evolution. This is the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is easier to develop the mind through meditation than it is just through athletic practice. If you put the two together,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Anything that you might want to be is around somewhere. You can become it. You just have to get into the state… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
True wisdom is to see and understand your relationship with the universe. When you gain that relational knowledge, then you are wise. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you act impetuously, it will be uncertain, and you'll know it. It just won't feel right. It is better to wait. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We shot 'Dharma & Greg' six blocks from my house for five years. I had a Dodge Durango that I sold after… — Joel Murray Copy Share Image
In Nirvana, it is you, my friend, who goes away. You take an eraser and erase yourself. It's like the Road Runner… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
…the doctrinal differences between Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Most people have no idea how unhappy they are because they don't know what happiness is. When they get a little break… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
This is only a small part of the totality. From this island earth we see only a fragment of creation and its… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Even sickness becomes an experience that we pass through in happiness because our happiness is not dependent upon how our body feels,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don Juan, in the teacings of Carlos Castaneda, makes the same point. You have to fool people into seeking knowlege. People will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
They get you when you're young. When you are a kid, you are conditioned. You are taught language, customs, and right and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One doesn't actually meditate on the navel. The chakra is located about two or three inches below the navel, at that point… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A secular approach is not a dumbing down, it's not reductively identifying Buddhism with one or two particular techniques of meditation, but… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment comes to the most dull-witted. It begins around the eyes. From there it radiates.” — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
If your parents were strong in one way and weak in another, you will be strong in the same way and weak… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Forget that you are anybody and just perform the activities around you. Look at them. Watch what you are doing, my God!… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Officially an atheist country, China technically recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism. But while China seemingly 'promotes' freedom of… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
Through reading the scriptures, we can gain the assurance of the Spirit that that which we read has come of God for… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Trust yourself. Figure out everything you want, but then don't worry about it. It's all out of our hands. Just let life… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“...those who succeeded the Voltaires, the d'Alemberts, & the Diderots at the head of the movement when these giants died, & who… — William Doyle Copy Share Image
In this world we see more passion than dispassion. We see more fear than knowledge. Armies rule the world. Fear-net is happening.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Over and over these organizations tell America that family, above all, is what Christianity is about. Devotion to one's family is, indeed,… — Bruce Bawer Copy Share Image
I must play my role, great or small - that is humility, without self-importance, without self-indulgence. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If I were a child of Tibet or of Arabia, I suspect the path I'd walk would be the Buddhist path or… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the Buddhist scriptures, it said many births cause suffering, so Buddhism is not against family planning. — Mechai Viravaidya Copy Share Image
The new religion without any secrets is philosophy. The old religion, said Aristotle, is necessary only for the uneducated; Confucius, Buddha, Voltaire… — Artur Phleps Copy Share Image
