“What if all things in our imagination exist somewhere?" he said. "What if dreams are real?" "It would be nice to have… — Jessica Amanda Salmonson Copy Share Image
Eternity is everywhere, it stretches endlessly in all directions, never beginning and never ending. Merge with it. Embrace it. Be free and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
“Chinese Buddhism was the natural study of reality, and led to feelings of devotion just from noting the daily leaves, the colors… — Kim Stanley Robinson 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
“Like a treasure found at home, enriching me without fatigue, you, my dear troublemaker, are the means by which a confused person… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Power is the active force in life. It is the force that makes awareness. The general term for spiritual power is kundalini.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you were going to be attracted to a mystical faith which involved the contemplative life, Buddhism would be quite reasonable. But… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
In the Southwestern United States, the places of power reference the lower three chakras, the chakras of power. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You might have a warrior spirit in there somewhere, and it's just waiting for the opportunity to come out. If you do,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Numbness was a mere purgatory of gray. No, there was a much worse place. Darkness masquerading as enlightenment. It was a place… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
If you are afraid of other people take a martial arts class. The best way to overcome fear is learn to be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are many graphic artists who have interpreted The Ancient One as a Tibetan Buddhist Lama, we're kind of shifting that a… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
People think that by getting in touch with some being outside the body, it will solve their problems. This only creates problems.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Man is an onion made up of a hundred integuments, a texture made up of many threads. The ancient Asiatics knew this… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Neither is detrimental, but the mystical kundalini is a bit more raucous. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Once in a while, you will see someone really drippy. The person has to stare at the teacher all the time with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Simply because you can perform feats of power does not mean you are, in the classical sense, fully enlightened. It means that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“The wisdom of Enlightenment is inherent in every one of us. It is because of the illusion under which our minds work,… — Sharon Ellis Copy Share Image
There are thousands of lesser chakras. Chakras are doorways to other worlds. When you focus on them, you step into something else. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment will be now the beginning, not the end. Beginning of a non-ending process in all dimensions of richness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is the ability to comprehend ourselves, it is the power to peer into our hearts and minds and reach that state… — Balroop Singh Copy Share Image
“I shall live here in the rains, There in winter, Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool, Not aware of the nearness of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The genius of Man in our time has gone into jet-propulsion, atom-splitting, penicillin-curing, etc. There is none over for works of imagination;… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
“I thought the Pandavas did what they did for dharma,’ said Janamejaya, suddenly unsure. ‘If that had been true, then Vijaya over… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is evidence that the honoree [Leonard Cohen] might be privy to the secret of the universe, which, in case you're wondering,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
There are people who just can't handle life because they've thrown away too much of their reason. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A self-motivation is an enlightenment of mind, empowerment of heart and enrichment of soul to arise, awake and ascend to achieve the… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Life reorders you when you go into the clear light. Even the causal structure is liquefied. The clear light of reality, the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Kundalini is the life force. It is given different names. They call it prana. They divide it into different segments, the apana… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A well known Los Angeles newspaper referred to a small group of gentlemen who live up on a mountain and practice Zen… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If we really prefer basic sanity or enlightenment, it's irritatingly possible to get into it. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
In the end it is nothing other than the loving kindness with which the woman cares for her child that makes the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Having set ourselves free from the misconception of Self, next we must awaken our innermost wisdom, pure and divine, called the Mind… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
At the beginning and the middle and the end of all things, there is only the perfection of enlightenment that is nirvana. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I had read some books on the Baha'i Faith. I had read - I was looking into Buddhism and trying to understand… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed; after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Looking for enlightenment is like looking for a flashlight when all you need the flashlight for is to find the flashlight. — Lew Welch Copy Share Image
![“[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth.No, they do not. They are afraid, that is all. And they must remain on earth until they come to the way of leaving it.And how do they leave? How is…” quote by Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5f8/iain-pears-9652_absurd_men-prefer-the-foolish-belief-and-the-pa_2814739.jpg)
![“There is evidence that the honoree [Leonard Cohen] might be privy to the secret of the universe, which, in case you're wondering, is simply this: everything is connected. Everything. Many, if not most, of the links are difficult to determine. The instrument, the apparatus, the focused ray that can…” quote by Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a32/tom-robbins-169_buddhism_there-is-evidence-that-the-honoree-leona_2831671.jpg)
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