“Holden had once dated a Buddhist who said that death was merely a different state of being, and people only feared the… — James S.A. Corey 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
“Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The awareness that seeks to know is the very object of its own seeking.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
Studying with a teacher doesn't simply mean going to an occasional seminar or Zen retreat. It means fully applying yourself to what… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They're a sense of play. But… — Richard Gere 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
Sex is a game, a weapon, a toy, a joy, a trance, an enlightenment, a loss, a hope. — Sallie Tisdale Copy Share Image
“The point was this: if Enlightenment progress is solving the problem of evil, all Jesus needs to have done is to point… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Stop trying to figure it all. Why worry about it all so much? Why not just live? And then you die. And… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Most people are fragile. They're fragile in the sense that they're afraid of the unknown, so they cling to each other. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is the ability to do physical things in a harmonious way; it is a way to remain centered in a physical… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlighten me 'lighten me up. Make me all over again. Come on a let me in yea. — Lalah Hathaway Copy Share Image
The recurrence during the eighteenth century Enlightenment of the aspiration to be the 'Newton of the moral sciences' testifies to the prestige… — Stefan Collini Copy Share Image
Instant enlightenment. A quintessential modernism, culture and religion accommodated to the age of fast food and bumper stickers. But psyche and spirit… — Kenny Smith 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 purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In the early Buddhist view, then, a persons identity resides not in an enduring self but in his actions (karma)- that is… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
“(Only in a spontaneous utterance is there real, uncalculated evidence of enlightenment.)” — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
When you're happy, your immune system is at its strongest point. And when you think negatively, or when you hate, or allow… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“ Dharma is easiest to spot by its absence: the Mahabharata employs the pedagogical technique of teaching about dharma via its opposite, adharma ” — Gurcharan Das Copy Share Image
The more we try and understand enlightenment the more it will elude us. And that's because enlightenment does not come from the… — Anita Moorjani Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is the extremely difficult art of leaving the past and the future alone.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Neither these men of the world nor Buddhist ascetics can be optimists. The latter rigorously deny themselves sensual gratifications, and keep themselves… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
I am at the Continental Divide with the astral beings. They're most beautiful. They're most luminous. They have many shapes and sometimes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is important to remember always that the principle of egolessness does not mean that there was an ego in the first… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Remember, the greatest gift to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Nagarjuna's verse 46]-is extensively taught. [Madhyamaka or emptiness] means being without characteristics that define true reality. It [means] to be unarisen, since… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is being able to go to your own home and feel comfortable. — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
I don't engage in brainwashing, I don't dictate forms of lifestyle, I don't perform mass marriages or even singular marriages. I don't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some people travel to other dimensions in their astral bodies when they meditate. But astral traveling doesn't bring a person lasting happiness.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“This our worldly life is an activity of Nirvana itself; not the slightest distinction exists between them.” — Houston Smith quoting The Perfection of Wisdom Copy Share Image
“Both outer and inner phenomena arise as a result of causes and conditions. Outer phenomena, the things of the physical world, arise… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“Ultimately humanity is one, and this small planet is our only home. If we're to protect this home of ours, each of… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
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