“According to Zen Buddhists, all things have their existence in The Void. The Void is that which is no-thing, but contains all… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
The male or female that the child has the most exposure to in the first four to six years of its life… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“If, on the other hand, I relate to others from the perspective of myself as someone different—a Buddhist, a Tibetan, and so… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Chinese Buddhism was the natural study of reality, and led to feelings of devotion just from noting the daily leaves, the colors… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
The human mind generates an auric field that covers up naturalness, innate divinity of life. That auric field is a field of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Self-knowledge, I guess, is hard. But I think pain is harder, personally. I think to be hopeless is very hard. I think… — Frederick Lenz 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
Enlightenment means having no human mind, no limitations. Your awareness is eternity, timeless, infinite, beyond boundaries, and yet it exists within all… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhism in general and Centrism in particular is not meant as a philosophical edifice but as a set of tools for experientially… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
Karma is the record of services. Karma is the term used in Buddhist teaching. Taoists use the term te. Christians us the… — Zhi Gang Sha Copy Share Image
“Did I live? The human world is like a vast musical instrument on which we play our individual part while simultaneously listening… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“But to unite in a permanent religious institution which is not to be subject to doubt before the public even in the… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Then another thing, now this is mainly for our interest about Tibet, our struggle. Whole struggle depend on within person. For dangerous.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“As long as we're in a state of confusion, overwhelmed by the three conflicting emotions, trapped in cyclic existence, we're not happy… — Ngagpa Yeshe Dorje Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is the ability to see beyond all the things we make God to find God. We make religion God and so… — Maryknoll Missions Maryknoll Book of Prayer Copy Share Image
Each time you dip into the well of existence it changes you. Rapid mental development is that process. It is a process… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is not the part of divinity to go to humanity and to modify itself in any shape, manner or form; rather… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Always walk in peace and beauty; in grace and love, speak only truth and you will be blessed. Where we are, let… — Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Copy Share Image
“The Great Way has no gate, there are thousands of paths to it. If you pass through the barrier, you walk the… — Richard Hooper Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a miracle. A miracle is just what somebody else doesn't understand. If we went back into… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“so Enlightenment philosophers developed a new form of theism, based entirely on reason and Newtonian science, which they called Deism.” — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
One day you wake up and you decide you want to be different. You want a different life. You are tired of… — Frederick Lenz 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
Most people think happiness comes from experiences in the world. The fulfillment of desire causes a type of happiness. But as soon… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The primary energy that is active in all things is kundalini. Kundalini energy is the energy of awareness. It can be used… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Trust that life is guiding you and showing you every step that is necessary to learn to be perfect. Have faith in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
"Don't talk about enlightenment," Buddha would say. He was saying don't talk about the nagual. He'd talk about how to get to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The dream is so thick; the Maya is so thick. There's no magic as long as there's all this thought. So the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Without that poise and balance and gentle humor and caring sense, nothing happens at all. It's just egotism and vanity and jealousy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
From the first, in people and in things, there is no such thing as trash. These words point to the fundamental truth… — Soko Morinaga Copy Share Image
“the Buddha, aged seventy-two, thought it was high time to preach his long-cherished doctrine that all sentient beings can attain to Supreme… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
There is a certain beauty and refinement that is often found in our world and it is expensive. It shouldn't necessarily be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You work many hours. It is the major activity of your life. You can lose a lot of energy or gain a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The universe is perfection. But there are different views that universe provides for itself to view itself. Beyond all views there is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is the direct application of Buddhist teachings to a physical event, a way of doing or accomplishing something, or a way… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People are under the assumption that the kundalini just flows from the base of the spine up. That's not the case at… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Anything but enlightenment is pure pain; it is the lack of enlightenment. There are joys, of course, and they should be enjoyed.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you are not meditating, eliminate hate, doubt, fear, anxiety, negative thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness, that bind you to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The trying to do something is in itself enlightenment. When we are in difficulty or distress, there we have enlightenment.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
