“Its mental discipline, however, is by far more fruitful, and keeps one's mind in equipoise, making one neither passionate nor dispassionate, neither… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“And the Buddha pointed out that his confusion was justified, for 'the dharma is profound, difficult to see, difficult to understand, peaceful,… — David J. Kalupahana Copy Share Image
“I was thirty years old before I had an actual thought. Everything up till then was either what Buddhists call “monkey-mind” chatter… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“We think that if we just meditated enough or jogged enough or ate perfect food, everything would be perfect. But from the… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Each time the dharma moved into a different civilization or historical period, it faced a twofold challenge: to maintain its integrity as… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
The whole quality of your life depends on your state of mind. There are very high states of mind that very few… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“French Enlightenment philosophers liked to use slavery as a symbol of human oppression, and particularly political oppression. “Man is born free but… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
Dharma is not about credentials. It's not about how many practices you've done, or how peaceful you can make your mind. It's… — Reginald Ray Copy Share Image
“The most fundamental message of Gautama the Buddha is not God, is not soul... it is freedom: freedom absolute, total, unconditional. He… — Anthony Morganti 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
“Impartial, compassionate, brave, and understanding…these are the traits that come with putting the Noble Eightfold Path into practice. By following this path,… — Victoria Stoklasa Copy Share Image
Nature soothes us. Nature heals us, and something more, the woods are a place of power. Any woods that are still surviving… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The Pāli term for "feeling" is vedanā , derived from the verb vedeti , which means both "to feel" and "to know".… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“...one had to expect very little—almost nothing—from life, Aaron knew, one had to be grateful, not always trying to seize the days… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
This study is not for the amateur. It's not for the dilettante. It's not for the cult follower. It's not for someone… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“But someone may ask, is there any real reason why these sages, whether Buddhist or Stoic, should not recapture the soul of… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
“The first principle is that the business should be successful: that it should make money. There is a belief prevalent in America… — Geshe Michael Roach Copy Share Image
“We do not measure the value of a person by their outward appearance, rank, or creed, rather by the sum of the… — Guy T. Simpson Jr Copy Share Image
“The extraction of discrete parts of Chöd teachings from their broader philosophical contexts is symptomatic of how Chöd has been incorporated into… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share Image
Buddha was speaking about reality. Reality may be one, in its deepest essence, but Buddha also stated that all propositions about reality… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Buddhism offers a basic challenge to this cultural worldview. The Buddha taught that this human birth is a precious gift because it… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
You are a Buddha, and so is everyone else. I didn't make that up. It was the Buddha himself who said so.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The incipient magician will confess his faith to a universal religion. He will find out that every religion has good points as… — Franz Bardon Copy Share Image
When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Karl Marx famously called religion 'the opiate of the masses'. Buddhism, particularly as it is popularly practiced, promises improvement through karma. Islam… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Slowly, slowly, his soul was filled with bitterness at the fact that he had stood a step away from enlightenment, from the… — Dmitry Glukhovsky Copy Share Image
You must continue to go back to the beginning, to the foundation, and question the foundation. Even once you‘ve reached Samadhi you… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I urge you to sin. But not against these itty-bitty religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism-or their secular derivatives, Marxism, Maoism, Freudianism… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“This is, because that is. This is not, because that is not,” the Buddha taught. All the conditions have come together in… — Dang Nghiem Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it… So we kid ourselves about death… But there's a better approach. To… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“In what is now known as Bodh Gaya…a Buddhist temple stands beside an ancient pipal, descended from that bodhi tree, or “enlightenment… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“Since the Enlightenment, the political order is an order of freedom. The political structures are no longer given, previous to man's freedom,… — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
“The scientific revolution was part of a wider intellectual revolution, the Enlightenment, which also brought progress in other fields, especially moral and… — David Deutsch Copy Share Image
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