We live in a world where money is necessary. You can't just go out and roam the forest and the cities, at… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When your consciousness expands you are in a world, literally, of light. You live in a world of light where nothing is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
If you are mindful in your work, if you put your best effort into it, then something comes back to you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The teachings of the Buddha could be summarized in four short sentences. ... [The Buddha] said ... The bad things, don't do… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
A number of Guru's feel that there is something wrong or sick about being gay. I think it really doesn't matter what… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Existence is perpetual motion. Galileo wondered about it, Da Vinci. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment, or Nirvana, is nothing other than the state beyond all obstacles, in the same way that from the peak of a… — Namkhai Norbu Copy Share Image
“For Kerouac, the embodiment of American Zen was Gary Snyder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Buddhist poet and essayist, who he fictionalized as Japhy… — Joel Dinerstein Copy Share Image
Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness. — Richard Davenport-Hines Copy Share Image
Self-reflection is the gateway to freedom. It also brings greater appreciation and enjoyment. We begin to enjoy spending time with our own… — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Is it a weakness not being able to hate? Or is it preparation for what is inevitable, the ability only to love.” — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is really worth seeking. It is the only thing that gives you permanent happiness. When you experience the ecstasy of enlightenment,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think with all the odd jobs I ever had, there was some kind of enlightenment but, yes, a lot of pain… — David Boreanaz Copy Share Image
When you get a new worldview you get a new world. It's like the shift from medieval Christianity to the Renaissance and… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
Buddhism is the most active one! The whole time, we're dealing with the mind and how to tame it, and how to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“And so Gotama wandered into the town to obtain alms, and the two Samanas recognized him only by his complete peacefulness of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“We are like the poor son and the Buddha is like the rich father. We may feel no connection, or we may… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
Stress is a state of mind and if you realize that you will find that it's something you can deal with. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The public education system did not promote the enlightenment of the individual, but rather suppressed critical thought and neurodiversity. It produced preformatted,… — Rajinder Jhol Copy Share Image
You don't always have to be the winner, have everybody notice you. It's fun to dance alone sometimes. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't focus so much on your relationships. Have fun with them. Or if you don't have them, you don't want them, have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Forget what you might have heard. There are no separate corps of angels for agnostics, atheists, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists,… — Cynthia Leitich Smith Copy Share Image
“It seems the guys who are best at sex approach it with the serenity of a Buddhist monk. They are never going… — Roberto Hogue Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the ability to freely transact within the ten thousand states of mind without a continuous self or awareness — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most human beings are completely out of touch with their spiritual nature and with the inner dimensions that exist within themselves. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“If I have so far argued that Foucault is a kind of closet liberal and thus deeply modern, I need to be… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it's perpetual development. Evolutionary enlightenment is about the ecstasy… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
“The core teachings of Buddhism stand in distinct contradiction to Hinduism. Whereas Hinduism believes that evil does not exist and is an… — Ed Hindson Copy Share Image
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I've never seen a society that thinks about sex so much and gets so little! — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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I'm not really hip to too much of the Zen or the Buddhist point of view, but you see I don't have… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
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“Buddhist Barbie" In the 5th century B.C. an Indian philosopher Gautama teaches "All is emptiness" and "There is no self." In the… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
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