“Enlightenment is simply realizing the indisputable Truth of who you are. You are fundamentally complete in every respect, and cannot be improved… — Jim Palmer Copy Share Image
As a dialectical teacher, I have had many lives where I have taught Zen and Tibetan Buddhism and mysticism. I teach in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In enlightenment, the seer and the seen disappear. Or, more accurately, are seen through as illusions. In reality, they were never there,… — Enza Vita 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
Letting go is the hardest thing. Everybody is so afraid. They're so afraid of eternity. They're so afraid of life. They're so… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whereas a lot of Buddhism concerns itself with stages of enlightenment, various precepts and moral codes, and even power structures and hierarchies,… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it,… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
“Buddha gave up his throne and renounced his position, that was true renunciation; but there cannot be any question of renunciation in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself. — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I want to take you to a place of pure magic... It's the place athletes call the "zone". Buddhists call "satori" and… — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
The period of meditation is a time when we go back to the source. We go back to what we were before… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Saints and bodhisattvas may achieve what Christians call mystical union or Buddhists call satori--a perpetual awareness of the force at the heart… — Scott Russell Sanders Copy Share Image
Buddha might be the one thing that could settle Godzilla down. He might say, "Listen Godzilla, you don't have to do all… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate: I'm a woman; I'll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the… — Mazie Hirono Copy Share Image
Nothing has to be changed, because all is beautiful - that is enlightenment. All is as it should be, everything is perfect.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If you are truly wise, you love life very deeply. You love the things in your life, transient though they may be. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment depends to a large extent on believing that you are born for Freedom in this lifetime, and that it is available… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
The Divide is like two rivers merging, at the point of merging there is a great deal of activity. The sunset, it's… — Frederick Lenz 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
It is possible to exert a power over all things, all beings. But we must begin with intent always. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The spiritual life (adhyatma-jivana), the religious life (dharma-jivana) and the ordinary human life of which morality is a part are three quite… — Śrī Aurobindo Copy Share Image
This is part of the fundamental character of Buddhism that I find problematic - that it is not interested in anything. Hence… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Merchant: 'So you have lived on the possessions of others?' Saddhartha: 'Apparently. The merchant also lives on the possession of others.' Merchant:… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Life is not a malfunction. It's beautiful. But if you do not see it that way, it's simply because your room needs… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
