“If we can’t be ballplayers together, maybe I can start bein’ a Buddhist.” — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
Purity is light. Not just an ordinary light, but a transcendental light. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really. — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
People who meditate deeply find wonderful things happening in their life all the time. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What the teacher does is sweep all of the logic, order and reason onto one side and make that side very strong. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Men are terrified of their sexuality. They're all afraid of impotence. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Suffering led the Buddha to enlightenment, and it may cause us, against our will, to grow in compassion, awareness, and possibly eventually… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The purpose of enlightenment is certainly not the teacher, nor is it you. It doesn't have a purpose. Enlightenment simply exists. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some people travel to other dimensions in their astral bodies when they meditate. But astral traveling doesn't bring a person lasting happiness.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Watch out for negative power places on the earth, if you can "see" they are reddish and they twist your feelings. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“[A] person is formed from a continuum of words and actions over time and cannot be reduced to a fixed “self” that… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Once in a while an enlightened teacher goes out into the world and spreads the dharma. They attract some attention, and it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“He considered China’s interference in Korea to be an intolerable attempt to prevent the spread of enlightenment, and the war itself not… — Donald Keene Copy Share Image
“Both outer and inner phenomena arise as a result of causes and conditions. Outer phenomena, the things of the physical world, arise… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“O Manjusri, in the world, there are two types of persons who destroy the genuine dharma: those who have strong views about… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“All of Nature follows perfectly geometric laws. The Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Peruvian, Mayan, and Chinese cultures were well aware of this, as… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“The Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche once pointed out, “If you put one hundred percent of your heart into facing yourself,… — Lodro Rinzler Copy Share Image
The genius of Man in our time has gone into jet-propulsion, atom-splitting, penicillin-curing, etc. There is none over for works of imagination;… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
“Life is full of acceptance and rejection. Unfortunately, many of us focus on the rejection. Yoga tells us it’s more useful to… — Colleen Saidman Yee Copy Share Image
“If a person shows anger to you, and you show anger in return, the result is disaster. If you nurse hatred, you… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Ego is impurity. Be selfless. Consecrate and dedicate your life to perfection. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
They don't understand the multi-life sequences. Anything they can't see in a laboratory, they think is nonsense. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Our greatest happiness comes from the experience of love & compassion.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
As the kundalini rises, the knowledge and powers of those dimensions will begin to come to you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The Buddhadharma is not, however, associated with the practice of being a candy-ass.” — Susan Piver Copy Share Image
Tragedy brings us closer to ourselves - it's the only thing that does. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If we get too caught up in the rhetoric of meditation, we will miss the point. The point was to go beyond… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The tantric path involves taking the mind and directing it beyond the senses. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
You don't have to do anything to meditate. That's what makes it so difficult. Everybody wants to do something. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What is enlightenment, anyway? I don't know if I can really put it into words, perhaps you can. I can't. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The only loser who walks away from a wise man is the one who walks away. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Tantric Zen leads to illumination and fun right here and now, which is why I like it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat. — Jet Li Copy Share Image
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