Culture, with its processes and functions, is a subject upon which we need all the enlightenment we can achieve, and there is… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
It is most important to have time alone. To be alone is not to be alone. It is only possible to truly… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you are just thinking a lot of silly thoughts and having a lot of worries, you waste a tremendous energy and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“One truth remains clear through the doubts and the questions, whether sinful or sanctified, virtue or vice: While the past may belong… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and… — Sulak Sivaraksa Copy Share Image
“I’ve heard a Buddhist monk suggest the number of food-caused deaths is minimized in steak dinners, which share one death over many… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The objective tendency of the Enlightenment, to wipe out the power of images over man, is not matched by any subjective progress… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
“Rather than going after these walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
I do a lot of reading on Buddhist philosophy, and a Buddhist nun named Pema Chödrön talks a lot about acceptance. It's… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
“A certain amount of native skill and training can allow many individuals to be fairly successful magicians, achieving a surprisingly high ratio… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“Each of our contemporary scholars, nevertheless, adheres to one school of the (above mentioned) teachings. And there are some (even) among the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Western progress (from one damned thing to another) seems to be essentially the MO of nowhere fast. But, on the other hand,… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“We live our lives based on the assumption that we directly perceive, and are accurately interpreting, objects with a fair amount of… — Tagawa Shun'ei Copy Share Image
“Habermas (1971–1973) described ideology as motivated false consciousness of social classes. He outlined the potential resolution of this false consciousness by means… — Otto F. Kernberg Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Philosophers are all caught up in their philosophies. That's their house of cards. Religious leaders are caught up in their religious movements… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Human beings are not so in harmony with the dharma. That is why they suffer so much. But you as an individual… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Many people, including Buddhist monks, spend thousands of hours sitting in what they call meditation. In reality, what they're doing is thinking… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Spiritual balance is the principle that allows the mind to be still. You cannot expect the world to settle down, everything to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Part of why I love these angry, straight, white punks is that they are stripping the dharma of its bullshit, and applying… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...for you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force." Vesadeva to Siddartha” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Reality opens the door, truth walks in. Truth opens the door, knowledge walks in. Knowledge opens the door, wisdom walks in. Wisdom… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
As you learn to accept that the body is transitory, as you watch it with love, but without attachment, the body will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nonphysical beings are drawn to enlightened beings. Some come to aid them in there work; some come to interfere. Some just come… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Those who practice lower sorcery hurt themselves the most because they interact with negative thoughts and apply power to them; they devastate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Not a few patients, however, suffering from certain forms of mental disorder, regain a high degree of insight into their mental condition… — Clifford Whittingham Beers Copy Share Image
Enlightenment occurs when your mind merges with nirvana, with what Tibetans call the Dharmakaya, the clear light of reality, which is the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My idea of enlightenment is when ego and Tao are fused, and Tao is perceived as ego. Then everything happens with complete… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Thousands and thousands of incarnations and nothing to show for it. You must choose whether to follow the path of love or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“long before man traveled into space, rabbis debated how one would observe Shabbat there—not because they anticipated space travel but because Buddhists… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“If with uncorrupted mind you feel good will for even one being, you become skilled from that. But a Noble One produces… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment was an attempt to liberate myth and base truth claims on evidence, not just dogma. But when science threw out… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
In terms of spiritual development, it's not a big deal whether you have sex or not, the question is more of who… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Was just thinking where we were before birth, and where will be after death, we know just nothing excepting our mere mortal… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
“When you do good, let it be good in line with nature. Don't latch onto the thought that you're good. If you… — Suman Jyoty Bhante Copy Share Image
Money is very useful in this particular world to buy you space. In the old days, there were not too many people… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
