“Anna used to say that the Buddhists meditate about reactions. That we cannot control WHAT happens to us, only how we react… — Suzanne Hayes Copy Share Image
The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening. — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
“Your job then, should you choose to accept it, is to keep searching for the metaphors, rituals and teachers that will help… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The Buddhist teachings move along a graduated path: first the stages of calm abiding and then the stages of deep insight. Through… — Ogyen Trinley Dorje Copy Share Image
It's necessary to respect all other ways and other teachings on the subject because even though they may not make a lot… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Asian philosophy and culture never endured an intellectual upheaval like the Cartesian split of mind and body that brought the so-called Enlightenment… — Polly Young-Eisendrath Copy Share Image
“But we don’t have to close down when we feel groundlessness in any form. Instead, we can turn toward it and say,… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Keep the deepest feelings of your heart to yourself. They tend to stay more pure if you do. There is a wisdom… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“And this is a Buddhist country?” said Matt, “This is a country of lovingkindness and compassion? Hah. I think the Americans would… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share Image
“Do Buddhists believe in God, or not?” Ellie asked on their way to have dinner with the Abbot. “Their position seems to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is living in the light of cosmic collaboration. Collaboration gives us the freedom to come out of the boundaries of limited… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Don't be offended by your lack of purity. Purity is a seed that will grow and develop. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“As we have taken the circle as a symbol of reason and madness, we may very well take the cross as a… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Whoever said ignorance is bliss has never known the joy of enlightenment.” — Denise Camille Frye Copy Share Image
Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You should be drawing awareness from a deeper part of your being. Your deeper mind has everything already. It knows everything already.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
All the universes are bound together by a web, a matrix, which is our perception. And our perception actually has colors; it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Knowledge comes from personal experience of truth and awareness, not from conversation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like Leonard Cohen when he went off to become a Buddhist. — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
The mind is like a computer. It runs programs. Most of the software has been poorly written. It is written in the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“No matter what we do, each instant contains infinite choices. What we choose to think, to say or to hear creates what… — Dorotea Brandin Copy Share Image
Spiritual balance is the ability to remain happy, to not be hostile to your neighbor when they are being hostile, and not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Each of is endlessly generating waves with our actions. If you could see the earth from a vibratory point of view, you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You're standing in a closet, and you've been in it so long that you can't remember that there's anything else, that there's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Let's consider: at the time of the Buddha, when he attained enlightenment, according to the old texts, in the first watch of… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We have to know what is Buddhadharma and what is not Buddhadharma. It needn't go on forever. You don't have to spend… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“If you want to experience enlightenment, take a deep breath in and relax. As you are releasing the air forget, for a… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
Our past affects us, our present affects us, and even our future can affect us. We live in the relative world of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The saying "no self, no problem" probably comes from Zen. In their cultures, where Buddhism is kind of taken for granted, as… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
“forgiveness is not something we do for other people—we do it for ourselves. So forgive yourself for being a victim. Look positively… — Abbott, Rachel Copy Share Image
Each religion has helped mankind. Paganism increased in man the light of beauty, the largeness and height of his life, his aim… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Originally, I was interested in athletic pursuits like snowboarding, martial arts and surfing. When I went to the Himalayas and met a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Even if you are focusing on a chakra, you don't want to do that for the whole period of meditation. There should… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
From a mind filled with infinite love comes the power to create infinite possibilities. We have the power to think in ways… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Part of why I love these angry, straight, white punks is that they are stripping the dharma of its bullshit, and applying… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
