Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The highest type of meditation is done in silence. In silence there are no mantras. Mantras are not essential, but they can… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The basic Buddhist teaching of impermanence (Pali: anicca) suggests that even the most powerful spiritual experiences come and go like clouds in… — Jonathan Landaw Copy Share Image
It's been a tough year. . . Someone said I should send out Buddhist thank-you cards since Buddhists believe that anything that… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
You are an endless conglomeration of awareness. You're not one singular self. You're a corporation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
DO I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY GOOD? Yes, I do believe that, and I trust Buddhists and Hindus and Moslems to… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
In order to go beyond ideas to direct realization, it's essential to have a great deal of purity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Diet is highly individual. You have to see what your body wants and what is healthy for it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We know very well that we have ancestors. But our ancestors are not only human. We have animal ancestors; we have plant… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, a rare combination of mystic,… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
I know that Buddhism is to Hinduism what Protestantism is to Roman Catholicism, only in a much stronger light, to a much… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When you realize that the ego is making you miserable you don't identify with it. You identify with your soul's humility and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is essential because meditation opens the mind to itself. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Compassion allows us to accept everything. That's why there's always a tear in the eye of the Buddha that no one sees,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When the mind is not only silent, but that part of the mind that could become conscious that the mind is silent… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As long as you continue to run away from the world, I will not be able to show you your luminosity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Essentially, this extra structure covering our life has no reality. It has come to be there because of the misuse of our… — Charlotte J. Beck Copy Share Image
“Much of the contemporary American atheistic movement seems to be treating atheism like a new kind of religion. .... It's just that… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
There are many universes, countless universes, and many of them are invisible. We call these the astral planes, but they are as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“According to the Buddhist tradition,” he began, “there is no sort of conversion or missionary work. It is not good to ask… — Rodger Kamenetz Copy Share Image
Don't become a spiritual bigot. Don't feel that just because you meditate and you are striving for enlightenment that you are in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“There exists nowhere on Earth a "soulful place" -- everywhere you are, is the soulful place. The entire world is filled with… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
“...spells of incarceration or exile were almost badges of honour for Enlightenment writers.” — Kate Berridge Copy Share Image
