Buddhism suggests there are no elect. Everything rests upon your own self-effort, which is the good news because that means you don't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You must have total and impeccable trust in eternity. Whether you like it or not, eternity's in charge, so you might as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is not advisable for persons who are in the early stages of meditation to mediate on the two lower chakras. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhism is a religion of the heart. Only this. One who practices to develop the heart is one who practices Buddhism [...]… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Without that poise and balance and gentle humor and caring sense, nothing happens at all. It's just egotism and vanity and jealousy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“How much of your life do you spend looking forward to being somewhere else?” — Matthew Flickstein Copy Share Image
You can call it wisdom, or sanity, or health, or enlightenment. I use the word God as a short-cut. I am comfortable… — Stephen Levine 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
“If we lack the proper antidotes of emptiness and bodhichitta, we will not be able to control our minds when frightening appearances… — Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru Copy Share Image
The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 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
Feel the wind. This wind blows from world to world and from life to death. This is the wind of dharma. Be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Power comes from the navel center. If you meditate for an hour or so a day and you focus on that sphere,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Self-discover is not as someone would have us think, a heavy, awesome, moral process where everyone sits around and frowns. As you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is something to this fabric of life that is beautiful. If you find the world unpleasant, I don't think that is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“First she got Jesus, probably fifteen years ago, and that didn’t work out, so she tried Scientology, and that didn’t help, but… — John Sandford Copy Share Image
We can step out of our small sense of self and awaken to this reality. One of the reasons people get confused… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
This is our challenge at the beginning of the twenty-first century - we need to find the courage to see our own… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
Oysters are more beautiful than any religion... There's nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster. — Hector Hugh Munro Copy Share Image
“It is recorded in the monastic rules that a monk once performed an abortion on a girl; the Buddha judged his action… — Soraj Hongladarom Copy Share Image
