Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you're… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I did study religion for a little while. I studied the Torah and the Holy Koran, Helios Biblos, which is considered by… — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
“what Tibetan Buddhists call “the inability to bear the sight of another’s sorrow,” so that we feel it almost as intensely as… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Life is endless reality. There is reality after reality, spinning on endlessly into the cosmos, billions and billions of manifest universes. Underlying… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The force that drives the green fuse, as Dylan Thomas said, cannot be understood. So self-discovery is to accept your daily meditation,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The kundalini energy is often compared to a snake that is coiled up. Because it is coiled up it can spring very… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't run away from the world. The world is God. Don't run towards the world. God is the void. Don't be afraid… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Relationships are part of a vast plan for our enlightenment; the Holy Spirit's blueprint by with each individual soul is led to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be just as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I want to help you understand Buddhism from the ground-level, from a totally introductory standpoint, so that you can take from it… — Dominique Francon Copy Share Image
“The people like me, finally, after years and years of agitation, made deeply moving and eloquent speeches against the wrongness of your… — Jamiaca Kincaid Copy Share Image
“If we lack the proper antidotes of emptiness and bodhichitta, we will not be able to control our minds when frightening appearances… — Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru Copy Share Image
“These Sutras are reminiscent of the Four Noble Truths of Lord Buddha: the misery of the world, the cause of misery, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“The great rationalist Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” The religious mystic the Buddha said, “I think, therefore I am not.”… — Thomas Stark Copy Share Image
Everybody goes into different dimensional planes. You do it every night when you dream. You are journeying into other dimensional planes. Dreams… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Indians in the Southwestern United States went to many places of power. They were able to have profound dream experiences where… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
After meditation, it is a good idea to bow and offer your meditation to god, to that stillness and perfection that is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“As Tibetan Buddhists remind us, “If we take care of the minutes and moments, the hours and days will take care of… — Todd Kashdan Copy Share Image
The way to meditate is by not trying to be too good at it too quickly. This is essential, because otherwise you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
After the meditation session you have to be a little bit careful. If you start to think a lot of thoughts and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Thanks to my Buddhist faith, to the positivity that arose from prayer, I put the optimism of determination before the pessimism of… — Roberto Baggio Copy Share Image
Contemporary defenders of the Enlightenment shouldn't overgeneralize: the Enlightenment, however it is defined, is not an unalloyed good. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
[Someone] said that what I described as the Buddhist voice - the life-denying voice of censure and guilt - sounded to him… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Who am I? I am not nothing but this moment in the flow of life. This flow of life is not in… — Kiyozawa Manshi Copy Share Image
Start meditating with your eyes open, focusing as a warm-up, then focus on a chakra, then just let go and merge. Don't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Why are we sitting? Why are we practicing? Why are we doing anything? It's not so I can be happy. It's so… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“One foundation of loving relationships is curiosity, keeping open to the idea that we have much to learn even about those we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“He felt that to increase his knowledge was to strengthen his hatred. Under certain circumstances, instruction and enlightenment may serve as rallying… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
To go to the very center of the mind of God, to be that, to become aware of our infiniteness, is the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
WHETHER BEINGS LOVE ME OR FEAR ME IS IRRELEVANT. IF BEINGS GIVE ME THEIR ATTENTION I WILL TAKE THEM TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND… — St. Germain Copy Share Image
“mind is the master-weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may… — James Allen Copy Share Image
There are many other chakras, or nadis as they are also called. There are chakras in the hands, fingertips, feet and a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
All the universes are bound together by a web, a matrix, which is our perception. And our perception actually has colors; it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are those who want to revolutionize the world with meditation. I really don't think that is necessary. The world is already… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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