Purity is receptivity, the ability to sit and wait patiently, for as long as necessary, for the coming of the light. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We feel crowded by other people; we feel crowded by social rules; we feel crowded by ourselves, mainly. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Learn the motions of infinity within your mind. Your mind becomes a perfect mirror to the motions of infinity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Only when you are by yourself can you realize how wonderful you are. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Real meditation engenders humility and purity, always. Yet I don't really think it demands any kind of lifestyle. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Happiness does not mean that everything works out. Usually nothing works out, but you get a kick out of it anyway. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
You've gained some powers by your entrance into other dimensions and you use them to attack others or to make others miserable,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
As long as you fight the system, all of the things that are part of the tonal of the times, then you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Another part of the rejection I mention was the realisation that Buddhism quite simply ignores or dismisses a whole hemisphere of human… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
You have to look at your own thought forms. Are you sitting around and thinking a lot of negative thoughts? These injure… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Copy Share Image
Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think its about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
“Breathing mindfully, you are already finding a refuge in your breath, and you become aware of what’s going on in your body,… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“The primary aim of an Enlightenment is to make peope realize their potential for enlightenment. That enlightenment is not for the selected… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
“If a man speaks many holy words but he speaks and does not, this thoughtless man cannot enjoy the life of holiness:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Until modern times, we focused a great deal of the best of our thought upon rituals of return to the human condition.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“The life of a man is like a ball in the river, the Buddhist texts state - no matter what our will… — Richard C. Morais Copy Share Image
The impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or 'unknowable' by Herbert Spencer, 'will' by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by some… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of the enlightenment everywhere. — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
The universe is complicated and we're not going to get it all in one night or one incarnation or one infinity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The prohibition of L'shon Hara is the Jewish equivalent of the Buddhist practice of Right Speech. — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves. — Dogen Copy Share Image
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance — U Thant Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is an ugly duckling; enlightenment is a magnificent swan.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
They have said this is a lower level. Ridiculous! They're really both the same light, just two different forms. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What creates happiness, peace, and balance is not becoming simply powerful, but knowledgeable. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
How could sexuality be anything but God? It's the creation of life. Life is experiencing itself in endless forms. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don Juan speaks of the island of the tonal as something that's in the middle of the ocean ... the nagual. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The ultimate intelligence of all things is your essence. Your mind is the universe. Your body is all things. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity ... I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
![“The impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or 'unknowable' by Herbert Spencer, 'will' by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by some 'substance' by Spinoza. The personal aspect (Sakara) of that Being is termed 'Ishvara' or Allah, Hari, Jehova, Father in Heaven, Buddha, Siva…” quote by Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1cf/sivananda-7251_absolutes_the-impersonal-aspect-of-god-nirakara-ni_611295.jpg)
