Buddhism Quotes · Page 20

Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it.

— Frederick Lenz

Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment.

— Dalai Lama

“A Buddhist teacher once said that a poisonous snake is only poisonous when you walk toward it.”

— Daniel Gottlieb

Enlightenment is a journey. It is a journey that is made alone. It is a journey that is made with a teacher.

— Frederick Lenz

“Samsara is one flower. Nirvana is another flower. Enlightenment happens when both the flowers blooms.”

— Amit Ray

Enlighten me 'lighten me up. Make me all over again. Come on a let me in yea.

— Lalah Hathaway

When we open our heart up to someone, that energy, of course, comes into us.

— Frederick Lenz

“Death would be an extremely bad thing like most of us paint it, if being dead were painful.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In Buddhist practice a great deal of time is spent practicing mandala meditation. You learn to visualize and hold simultaneous concepts in…

— Frederick Lenz

Bodh Gaya is a land of enlightenment. Years ago, what Bodh Gaya got was Siddhartha but what Bodh Gaya gave to the…

— Narendra Modi

You see two people together. They're in a relationship. It's really power that holds those people together. And when the designs of…

— Frederick Lenz

“The mind is a temple of knowledge, the heart is a temple of understanding, and the soul is a temple of wisdom;…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally…

— Paul Brunton

The world is filled with people who understand. I personally value people who don't understand. People who understand have nothing more to…

— Frederick Lenz

“We cannot achieve personal enlightenment – a clarification of our souls – until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

In a few short years you might have to become a scuba diver and go hundreds of feet underwater - It will…

— Frederick Lenz

Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of…

— Karen Armstrong

Mysticism is: a. An advanced state of inner enlightenment. b. Union with Reality. c. A state of genuinely satisfying success. d. Insight…

— Vernon Howard

I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to…

— Pico Iyer

As my personal explorations continued, I experienced this quality of inner reality more and more and could no longer doubt that the…

— Jacob Needleman

Whoever accepts the higher mission of art and comes nearer and nearer to it through his creative activity, will then go on…

— Paul Brunton

Buddhas have a strength which is not of this world. Their strength is totally of love... Like a rose flower or a…

— Rajneesh

Its taken 14 billion years for matter to gain the capacity to become conscious of itself. If this is true, it wouldn't…

— Andrew Cohen

“All the philosophical theories that exist have been created by the mistaken dualistic minds of human beings. In the realm of philosophy,…

— Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

Personal power, knowledge and fun come from how you approach something, not what you approach.

— Frederick Lenz

"The person next to me meditates better than I do. They're purer." - This is the ego feeling sorry for itself.

— Frederick Lenz

The goal of society in general is to succeed in the world, whereas the goal of enlightenment is to transcend beyond it.

— David Hawkins

Innumerable Buddhas Enlightened... innumerable Christs crucified... always the same Christ, the same Buddha!

— Frederick Franck

We are trying to do our best to bring perfection into whatever we turn our attention to.

— Frederick Lenz

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

— Alan Ball

Just because it doesn't work out for you, doesn't mean that it's not wonderful for someone else.

— Frederick Lenz

The Enlightenment needs more shadow; the Romantic Movement less.

— Mason Cooley

There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.

— Gautama Buddha

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

— Ron Reagan

Buddhism has to do with your daily life, with your suffering and with the suffering of the people around you.

— Nhat Hanh

“Buddhists believe there can be no such thing as a fixed personality when the universe is in a state of constant flux.”

— Greg Keen

The causal body is the determining factor in the changes that occur within your structure or growth rate.

— Frederick Lenz

“Enlightenment is just great common sense with a really cool name”

— johnjwillard

“Knowing life's purpose would invest everything one did with meaning.”

— Kentetsu Takamori

There are many ways to meditate. When you meditate, you are learning how to feel again.

— Frederick Lenz