Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
If President Bush does a lousy job, then he'll lose power. If the guy at McDonalds who's selling burgers does a great… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I know that Arnold Toynby, the great historian, said he had always hoped the religions of the world would evolve until they… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Historically, the idea that you take something novel and you break it has been seen as the ultimate rejection of Enlightenment values,… — Sheila Jasanoff Copy Share Image
In the dead world of the Western mind all that is seen are shades of gray. There's a cloud over every experience.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Well it's always been an interesting area for me. In referencing something I just reread from Dogen it says, "Enlightenment doesn't break… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
[Buddhism and Christianity] are in one sense parallel and equal; as a mound and a hollow, as a valley and a hill.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I think that pain gives us appreciation of joy - it's a package deal. And I definitely think that the joys of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Your own nature is pure, spotless, and pristine. Through association we drag ourselves down or we can raise ourselves up. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The fountain of information lies at your fingertips and is accessible anywhere at anytime and schools need to emphasize this. We are… — Christopher Myers Copy Share Image
“Bernadette never went to Mass; she was a fundamentalist Christian. Mother often said she only used religion as a framework for her… — Donal Ryan Copy Share Image
“From human problems come human solutions, which in turn spawn inspiration, creativity, insight and enlightenment. Without life's problems, life would become stagnant,… — Beth Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a true feminist movement in Buddhism that relates to the goddess Tārā. Following her cultivation of bodhicitta, the bodhisattva's motivation,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The teacher has nothing to do with people who use their mental powers to block the enlightenment of others. These people lack… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Therefore the Buddha for a temporary purpose made these (uninitiated) observe the Five Precepts similar to the Five Virtues[FN#327] of the outside… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Most of the people I talk to are not going to go off and live in a cave. Why should they? So… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The average person just sees through their senses. The world is filled with wonderful mysteries and beauty. You need personal power to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Select companions who are striving for enlightenment. They all have their imperfections, certainly, but at least their attention is moving in the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The reasonableness of the universe provides us with access to God's Reason, and the Bible is and continues to be the true… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I'll go to a city, a school, and give a lecture because I can feel someone there. I inwardly see first their… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“These Sutras are reminiscent of the Four Noble Truths of Lord Buddha: the misery of the world, the cause of misery, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
According to Buddhism, each person is a Buddha who has forgotten their original nature. If we in the pampered West, having grown… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Nirvana and enlightenment exist just on the other side of your sensory perceptions and your thoughts. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Anza Borrego Desert is a place of power, where different planes and realities intersect. It is easier to see and enter… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We need not reply or even listen to people who are talking about—not to—us.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“It is a rare blessing to see things, and to accept people, as they are.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
What is perfection anyway in the physical? It is an idea we have. When it doesn't happen we get all bent out… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking one's… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
There are thousands of mantras. Everyone has favorites. I prefer three - Aum, Sring, and Kring. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We have become disconnected from our true selves, and naturally, this has produced a deep sense of lack in our lives, causing… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
When you hold positive thoughts and images in your mind, you raise your power level and you create a vibratory energy around… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
First become a Zorba, a flower of this earth, and earn the capacity through it to become a Buddha - the flower… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
People think they can tame the earth. How absurd! The vanity of human wishes is endless. It is more fun to dance… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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