Power is something that is not really visible. Some people have the power to rise above circumstance. Sociological factors and DNA are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You need to work yourself up into some kind of a state every morning and believe that you are doing something terribly… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
The world of enlightenment doesn't know of its own existence. We're beyond both the knower and known. There's no conceptual identity whatsoever. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In the new enlightenment, the reason we are driven to become one with the life-process is not merely to experience some form… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
Enlightenment has nothing to do with physical knowledge. It is the experience of existence. Existence is infinite. There are countless universes and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The Buddha isn’t a god or deity to be worshipped. He was a rebel and an overthrower, the destroyer of ignorance, the… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
“You are just as connected to the Universe as a finger is to a hand, or as a branch is to a… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
There is no fanaticism in any of this. There is intensity. You have to make it happen. You have to put your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The vast majority of the students I have taught have become self-sufficient and confident individuals who enjoy their lives. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a certain degree of pain to be experienced in the search for self-knowledge, as there is a certain amount of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Separating the God question from Buddhism does not make Buddhists atheists—within silence lies mystery. That doesn’t mean, however, we should infer from… — Andrew Furst Copy Share Image
This is a time of great confusion, of great darkness; other networks are slipping in through other dimensional planes. Soon the network… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“Throughout my life, until this very moment, whatever virtue I have accomplished, including any benefit that may come from this book, I… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
When you can successfully stop thought for longer periods of time, you do move into other worlds. This can also happen in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Why become enlightened? Why join the military? Why get married? Why cross the ocean? It is a personal choice. There is something… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
At a personal level, as a Buddhist practitioner, I deliberately visualize and think about death in my daily practice. Death is not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“When we see one another as different aspects of ourselves—as ourselves experiencing a different situation and circumstance—we develop a love, a connection,… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to express some of the most profound teachings of interdependence and emptiness I've ever heard. With… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“Be like a servant waiting for the return of the master,” says Jesus. The servant does not know at what hour the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Reality is not the world as you perceive it. Reality is the world perceived through enlightenment. It's the same world; but it's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“1. Accept everything just the way it is. 2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake. 3. Do not, under any… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Buddhism has always been a religion for people who've worked their way through a cycle of materialism and still feel discontented and… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When every aspect of your life is impeccable, then you will find that there's no limit to your journeys into the infinite. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is not emptiness. That is a way of trying to talk about something that is impossible to put into words. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think East Asian countries, I think they're very fortunate to have Buddhism survive as a strong influence because right from the… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The study of meditation is the entrance into the world of Wonderland. It has nothing to do with how you'd like it.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The Dalai Lama famously said, “If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change.” — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“O keeper of righteous vows, remember this, Whenever dharma is in decline, Or there is an upsurge of adharma; The Sacred Feminine… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
Truth occurs in unusual places. Sometimes it's in the frozen food section of the supermarket, sometimes it appears while you are waiting… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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