The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
And again, Subhuti, suppose a woman or a man were to renounce all their belongings as many times as there are grains… — Buddha Copy Share Image
We live in a sensual world, and at the same time we live beyond it - billions of dimensions that are nonphysical,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I have always worked with energy. Everything is energy. Buddhism. Christ teachings. These are foundation stones for a spiritual life. — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
I like Miracles. They inspire me. Miracles are the fun of enlightenment. When a teacher does a miracle, and everyone sees it,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be.” — Kathleen Dowling Singh Copy Share Image
“I grow into these mountains like a moss. I am bewitched. The blinding snow peaks and the clarion air, the sound of… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“One truth remains clear through the doubts and the questions, whether sinful or sanctified, virtue or vice: While the past may belong… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
For the first few years, it's most beneficial to meditate on the heart chakra. The heart chakra, called the anahata chakra in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Whether you look at Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism, wherever a distinction of sex is made, it is to the advantage… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
“You do not say, “This is enlightenment,” or “That is not right practice.” Even in wrong practice, when you realize it and… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“We are so fascinated by the complexity and beauty of the various forms in nature, that we have been led away from… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The main thing that attracts me to Buddhism is probably what attracts every artist to being an artist - that it's a… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Authenticity is fundamental, more fundamental than spiritual enlightenment. Without authenticity, no genuine spiritual enlightenment is possible. Authenticity is the state of being… — Yasuhiko Kimura Copy Share Image
In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
I love the way Monteverdi's opera embodies the triumph of evil love in such a luscious way. The closing love duet is… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Ah! the curse of slavery, as the common phrase goes, has fallen not merely on the black but perhaps at this moment… — Fredrika Bremer Copy Share Image
“Today's satori: Such a change of mind would Not exist without My lifelong habit of having My mind immersed in blossoms.” — Saigyo Copy Share Image
You can increase your capacity to absorb the mystical kundalini. I have 3 or 4 students who are on the path of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We've developed a very complex filing system for existence. We see things in terms of good or bad. We feel happiness, joy,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
They had the same fears that you have, the same aggressive tendencies and the same attachments, but they were freed in time… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
