Don't try to hold people to you, don't try to push them away. Let life do everything for you. This is the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddhist concept is that it takes 48 days to get near this state [of death]. So it's a slow process, moving… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Kundalini energy passes through the shushumna, which is a Sanskrit name for an astral nerve channel that runs along the spinal column. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We are like waves in the ocean, each with a unique character and quality on the surface, but deep down we are… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Meditation is the use of symbols, not abstractions. A symbol is something alive. It is a hyphen between one reality and another. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Life draws us in different directions, sometimes simultaneously. When you follow the direction that life draws you in, if you stay in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“the consciousnesses who have been directly associated with ideas of enlightenment or spiritual paths will often reach a point of the admission… — Master Teacher Copy Share Image
About belief or lack of belief in an afterlife: Some of you may know that I am neither Christian nor Jewish nor… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Societies on this planet are based upon fear, not upon love. The strong dominate the weak. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The whole quality of your life depends on your state of mind. There are very high states of mind that very few… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is the way it is. But it is not the way it appears to be. Enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake. — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Power plants break up the way you see the world; they can push you into the second attention; yet to continuously take… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“God as preached and lived by Jesus, the Enlightenment writers put human non-exclusionary justice ahead of the law. This rational philosophy did… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
We have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“By suffering, one is shown a path to awareness. Along that path is where we are truly born. When we choose to… — VD Copy Share Image
You are moving in and out of different advanced states of mind through your practice of meditation and mindfulness. It's that level… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Bait & Switch Buddhism is a classic bait-and-switch operation. We’re attracted by the enlightenment in the window, but as soon as we’re… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist point of view, the actual experience of death is very important. Although how or where we will be reborn… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you try to become a buddha, one thing is certain - you will not be able to become yourself. One thing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was raised Church of England but I love the Buddhist philosophy, it's very powerful, non-violent. — Dave Clark Copy Share Image
