Meditation is the use of symbols, not abstractions. A symbol is something alive. It is a hyphen between one reality and another. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I'm not even sure that Buddhism is a religion really. It seems like more of just a spiritual practice, I'd compare it… — Sienna McQuillen Copy Share Image
“Buddhism, we say that life is like housekeeping in a dream. We may get a lot done, but in the end we… — Jamie Zeppa Copy Share Image
A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
All I have to teach you are feelings, the words don't matter much. But as you listen, feel the stillness of my… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
No Buddhist, no Christian, no Hindu. Deeply religious people have no religion. They belong to no seat, theirs is the religion of… — Yogaswami Copy Share Image
There are six chakras or energy vortexes that lie along that tube. There is a seventh chakra located several inches above the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Through the experience of memory, you recall what you have done, and you therefore attach yourself to it and perceive yourself through… — 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
“REFUTATION OF INCOMPLETE AND SUPERFICIAL (DOCTRINE)[FN#321] There are in the Buddhist doctrines, to state briefly, the five grades (of development), beginning with… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“I think New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had. It certainly changed me for… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The Tibetan religion has a past. And furthermore it has such an appeal. There again young people today are drawn to Buddhism… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“The Enlightenment may have indeed outlived its usefulness, but it is only through Reason's protocols that one can make a coherent case… — James K. Morrow Copy Share Image
“I cast myself across the land in search of enlightenment, and here is what I found: that matter and energy are one… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
“Bodhisattvas are referred to as enlightened “heroes” or “warriors.” They are highly altruistic beings who have the wisdom to realize that by… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“I approached Buddhism the way I approach almost everything. I read books about it. Even though, at first, I didn't understand much… — Mary Bray Pipher Copy Share Image
“Religion (dharma) means to give happiness in any way to any living being. And to hurt any living being in any way… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Every country that meets Buddhism molds it into their own indigenous religion, as America will. A very clear example of this is… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Nonetheless, I'm not sure this entirely accounts for my Buddhist voice, which tells me forever to give up writing, to give up… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
It is my experience that people who don't participate in society, who don't have jobs, who don't have friends, are just very… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Life is wonder, endless, ceaseless wonder. If your energy level is low, then everything is gray, two-dimensional, boring, frustrating, and unhappy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
People who are involved in self-discovery lead different types of lives. The lives they lead are not necessarily the lives of renunciation.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I personally have fun with enlightenment, the study and the teaching of it. I get a kick out of doing it different… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I feel that doing business is just like practising Buddhism. Money is not your only purpose. Your purpose is to make things… — Guo Guangchang Copy Share Image
As we go within the self, we discover that all the voices of our past lives are still there. As we peel… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Focus your attention around the naval area, feel that spot. Visualize it. Do whatever it takes. When thoughts come in and out… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I was more concerned with refining my sense of the sheer mysteriousness of life so that it infused each moment of my… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
There's a place this moment comes from, where it's made. Actually, it's like a big factory where they make moments, where they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual,… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
From infinite awareness, something comes forward, a sense of infinite awareness and finite awareness. That perception is the birth of a being. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is the quick path. We turn everything inside out and upside down - which is when it gets straightened out very… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Psychic development makes you strong. It develops a common sense attitude in which you don't expose yourself to forces, people and situations… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you go to a power spot, and you think negative or depressing thoughts they tend to grow stronger. Whereas, if you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the classical spiritual definition, a soul mate is someone that you have reincarnated with many times. You find each other in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
They just teach by their presence. They don't really have a message for humanity. It's irrelevant at that point. They're just a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Lao Tzu once said, 'Nature doesn’t hurry, yet everything is accomplished.' A single seed planted, eventually becomes a garden in time –… — Jennifer Sodini Copy Share Image
As God talked with Arjuna, so will He talk with you. As He lifted up the spirit and consciousness of Arjuna, so… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
![“REFUTATION OF INCOMPLETE AND SUPERFICIAL (DOCTRINE)[FN#321] There are in the Buddhist doctrines, to state briefly, the five grades (of development), beginning with the most superficial, and ending with the most profound teachings. (They are as follows:) (1) The Doctrine for Men and Devas; (2) the…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/035/kaiten-nukariya-793_buddhism_refutation-of-incomplete-and-superficial_1202485.jpg)
