In my head I am in one of those Buddhist caves where you see a thousand Buddha faces on the wall. In… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
I get up at sunrise. I'm a Buddhist, so I chant in the morning. My wife and I sit and have coffee… — Patrick Duffy Copy Share Image
The trap of the self is the trap that causes unhappiness. We define ourselves too much; whereas the infinite, the pure radiant… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When one gathers all the books of all worldly religions, when one beholds (dharan) them, then the phenomenon of religious upholding (dharma… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“In the light of Buddhist meditation, love is impossible without understanding.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
I am an expert in the world of the supremely happy because I am happy. I've never met anybody as happy as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Look for the things in your life that bring you stillness and happiness, not the things that make you crazy. Look inside… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Positive, truthful and helping people always get rewards. Oneness, love, compassion and enlightenment can be attained by following the spiritual laws of… — Hina Hashmi Copy Share Image
When I saw this Broken Kilometer, it reminded me of these 1,000 Buddhas. That piece is 1,000 one-meter gold rods, and this… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I thought, man, if you could run 100 miles, you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be the f**king Buddha. Bringing peace… — Jenn Shelton Copy Share Image
“the Mahayanist's aim of life is to bring out man's inborn light of Buddha-nature to illumine the world, to realize the universal… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
That was my real education in the world - I learned politics, the social and cultural life of India, Hindu tradition and… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
“The willingness to challenge hardships taps the power within human beings to transform even a place of tragedy into a stage for… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
You see two people together. They're in a relationship. It's really power that holds those people together. And when the designs of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
These are the mysterious ways of knowledge, power and enlightenment. I can only allude to them in words. I cannot possibly explain… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Purity is developed through caring. You need to care about light and the matters of light, truth, religion and spirituality. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
[I'm concerned with] aesthetics and this idea of how the passage between life and death goes. I can visually present that by… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
“Ever since the Enlightenment era in the 17th and 18th Centuries—which, among other things, gave birth to the U.S. Constitution and the… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
India is developing a lot of soft power, and it's not just about us providing outsourcing and call centers to the world.… — Cyril Shroff Copy Share Image
Many people are benefiting beings, but from a dharma point of view, if you are a dharma practitioner, then the first priority… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Freedom, as I have been taught to understand as a political being in exile- to be protected by law, to be able… — Tsering Wangmo Dhompa Copy Share Image
But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Perception is the ability to be conscious of self and that which is other than self. Without thinking about it, a distinction… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“To challenge the verity of one’s own beliefs is to be courageous. To separate the truth from falsity is to be wise.… — Brian Goedken Copy Share Image
The high-priests and priestesses of Atlantis had discovered many of the deepest secrets of the universe. They had come to understand all… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A realistic recognition of the human condition is that it is corrupt beyond belief. What do you suppose would happen if the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The purpose of all of this is not to walk around with new vocabulary words, but to cause you to speculate on… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Things don't make you unhappy. People don't make you unhappy. You make yourself unhappy. Because you are in the cycle. You're stuck.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The causal body is the part of a person that lives forever. It is what you would call the soul. It doesn't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I'm expressin' with my full capabilities, And now I'm livin in correctional facilities. Cause some don't agree with how I do this,… — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
As you become more conscious of your body as eternity, a sense of ease, a fullness beyond description occurs. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Once in a while an enlightened teacher goes out into the world and spreads the dharma. They attract some attention, and it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I've lived in worlds where there are three or four suns. We had incredible sunsets, beautiful. But they weren't more beautiful than… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In my mind, there is no reason why Stoicism shouldn't become as popular as Buddhism, especially in the Western world, where the… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
You see, I'm a believer in the rhapsodic. I like things that are happy. For no particular reason, I just like them.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We must be able to deal with ridicule and scorn, which it always seems that Buddhists receive. But we feel that it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The differences between religions are only differences involving the pathways that lead toward the practice of directly experiencing higher levels of perception… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
Eventually light prevails, you just have to be patient. So practice Buddhism, learn to be enlightened, put a smile on your face,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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![“the Mahayanist's aim of life is to bring out man's inborn light of Buddha-nature to illumine the world, to realize the universal brotherhood of all sentient beings, to attain to Enlightenment, and to enjoy peace and joy to which Universal Spirit leads us. [FN#177]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/389/kaiten-nukariya-793_buddhism_the-mahayanist-s-aim-of-life-is-to-bring_2450945.jpg)
![“[I'm concerned with] aesthetics and this idea of how the passage between life and death goes. I can visually present that by borrowing this Buddhist statue.” quote by Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b57/hiroshi-sugimoto-14343_aesthetics_i-m-concerned-with-aesthetics-and-this-i_2453902.jpg)
