If we try and direct our lives with only our limited rationalistic thoughts and our sense perceptions, then our actions and our… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Christ-symbol is of the greatest importance for psychology in so far as it is perhaps the most highly developed and differentiated… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Before enlightenment, cop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water ... but no longer trip over things at night. — Skye Milo Copy Share Image
An enlightened teacher has personal power. Sitting and meditating with an enlightened teacher in a meditation hall or at a power spot… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Humility means freedom. It provides growth and takes you out of the cycle of change that you are currently in, which is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“people are finding that in their dramatically transformed circumstances, the old forms of faith no longer work for them: they cannot provide… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
If you're in the tantric sex state of mind, what someone else experiences when they have sex is not what you'll experience.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then, to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone, and never… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Appreciation and contentment, the ability to rejoice in all things large and small, is a major training of Buddhism. The Dharmapada says:… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
Harvey , Galileo , Copernicus do not seem occult to us, but they did so to their contemporaries, hierophants of the mysteries… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment, first of all, implies an insight into the nature of Self. It is an emancipation of mind from illusion concerning Self.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The issue with desire is at the root of what it means to be human. There are major issues with how we… — Laura Dodsworth Copy Share Image
... many Hindus are willing to consider Jesus as a legitimate manifestation of the divine... many Buddhists see Jesus as one of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“As human beings, identity and self image are fused into the way we move and hold ourselves. Because even if we are… — Jane Hardjono Copy Share Image
To me, this is from a Buddhist perspective or whatever, sometimes people who are working out their political beliefs, they can rage… — Mike White Copy Share Image
“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for… — Michael Eggleston Copy Share Image
Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Anna used to say that the Buddhists meditate about reactions. That we cannot control WHAT happens to us, only how we react… — Suzanne Hayes Copy Share Image
I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“You cannot reach lofty heights in art if you do not first discover the unsurpassable beauty in your own heart. If you… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are millions of little opportunities out there to advance yourself. But you need the personal power to see how to do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do is to sit and brood and feel sorry for yourself. Nor should you feel wrong about… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness is something that you don't postpone. If you are postponing happiness - it is something you will probably never experience much… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your… — Jim Benson Copy Share Image
“The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary times, to be of present, nothing-but-the-present,… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
In the Buddhist learning process, we say three stages. The first is hearing, the second is contemplation, and the third is meditation. — Lobsang Tenzin Copy Share Image
You stand on the edge of eternity, with a vista that is so incredible, so powerful, so perfect that it's overwhelming. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a world of deaf, dumb and blind people out there, who are shuffling through their lives, not knowing how wonderful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Humanity actually has the gall to feel they are more advanced than they were; technology somehow defines intelligence. If technology enables you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you go to a power place, if you are receptive, if you are able to quiet your thoughts and concentrate, a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by Buddhism. I adore Buddhism, and I read about it all the time, but I haven't formally become a Buddhist,… — John Burdett Copy Share Image
A teacher of knowledge and power gives you experiences in other dimensions. They show you that the universe is much bigger and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you meditate and continue to have fun with yoga and Buddhism, you will amass knowledge and will move to a higher… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can live in the world and have all the myriad experiences that life has to offer and yoke your awareness field… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Occasionally at a Center Meeting, not that often, every couple of months, I'll break down and demonstrate a little mystical kundalini; but… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I consider those persons to be my students who come and meditate with me on a regular basis, who, in spite of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The spirit longs for the world of light from which it came. That longing causes something to happen. It causes the being… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whenever you take the time to inspire someone, to aid them in their inner search, you'll find energy will come back to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
