“The self does not exist “from its own side,” [...] as an object that can be isolated and defined. The more you… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Live on berries in a hollowed-out comet lit by artificial suns long enough, and you start to have delusions about achieving enlightenment. — Hannu Rajaniemi Copy Share Image
You can take power from others; you can steal it. It is not a very high-grade power. It will give you a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is something that is indigenous to the heart, which makes it hard to talk about. We don't necessarily need to talk… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Anyone who meditates for a period of time will gradually become more sensitized to all of life. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whether you believe in God or not does not matter much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“We love them those who shown their care to us, We Love them who respect us. We Love them, who help us.… — Suman Jyoty Bhante Copy Share Image
“Zen is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism. It was brought to China roughly 15 centuries ago, in 6 CE. Zen was brought… — Alexis G. Roldan Copy Share Image
What if there is no hell? What if there is no judgment? What if doing bad and good is a part of… — Deshawn Branch Copy Share Image
In the East a man becomes divine only when he is no longer jealous, a man is thought to be enlightened only… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The causal dimensions, the planes of light, are happiness. They are all different and are all endless. They border the shores of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Remember that it's never a crime in the face of humanity and enlightenment to distribute the works of the great humanists among… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
Buddhism teaches us not to want things, not to avoid things, not to be upset by the loss. In the I Ching,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is necessary first in the practice of Kundalini yoga to determine what the dharma is. There is a dharma for you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One day liberation will come, and it won't be a day; it won't be a year; it won't be a time, a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The aggregates that we pick up in the human plane will be washed away, and we will become pure spirit, pure light,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Some perceive God in the heart by the intellect through meditation; others by the yoga of knowledge; and others by the yoga… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Even the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, with their commitment to reason, failed to recognize the ways they stereotyped others.” — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
Subtract miracles from Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, or Toaism, and you have essentially the same religion left. Subtract miracles from Christianity, and you… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“I am fortitude,” said faith. “I am contentment,” said peace. “I am delight,” said joy. “I am goodness,” said virtue. “I am… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Beyond this life and This world I'll have it til My heart's content: The bright moon that passed over The horizon before… — Saigyo Copy Share Image
There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment. — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become... — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Money is very useful in this particular world to buy you space. In the old days, there were not too many people… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Occasionally in my travels I meet people who have pushed too far into the nagual. These individuals are not too balanced but… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is only one prayer and that is prayer for light, for purity, for perfection. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Everything is perception. A hallucination is a perception of a certain reality. It is a perception of a certain state of mind. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
One, who studies the ways of power, seeks to end the imprinting process because in imprinting we loser power, we lose attention;… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We are trying to do our best to bring perfection into whatever we turn our attention to. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is construed as seeing things as they really are rather than as they appear; it is a direct insight into, and… — Kim Hee-jin Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, all of mankind’s disparate philosophies have all concurred on one thing —- that a great enlightenment is coming.” — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Love is the only antidote for the insanity of this world. And the funny thing about love is that when someone loves… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We are in the age of enlightenment of what environmental radiation is and what it is doing to all life on Earth.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, 'Don't cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
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