Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Self-actualization is not a sudden happening or even the permanent result of long effort. The eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist poet-saint Milarupa suggested: "Do… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“Ah Buddha, you boastful charlatan. You may have learned nothing after 6 years of suffering, but then what of 7 years? What… — Mark X Copy Share Image
As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
“The afterlife is mostly a dream state where you confront the good and evil within you. The text repeatedly explains that the… — Paul Lowe Copy Share Image
Patience educates, enlightens, deepens and frees your body, mind and soul. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Love has its own independent form and formlessness. When someone loves you be gratiful for it. If they stop loving be grateful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's no risk in doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all. There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable. There's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Trust that life is guiding you and showing you every step that is necessary to learn to be perfect. Have faith in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness is just being you, where you are right now. Allow yourself to be you. Shut off all the silly thoughts and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Another aspect inviting contemplation is the fact that the affective tone of any feeling depends on the type of contact that has… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
I was always searching. I became a Buddhist in my twenties when I came to Los Angeles. I met a group of… — Alley Mills Copy Share Image
“One of my friends who leads meditation retreats honors the Asian habit, as I do, of bowing to the image of the… — Sharon Salzberg 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-al ready-are. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I select people to work more closely when they are prepared to and I see that. They don't have to tell me.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Cambodia wanted no part of SEATO. We would look after ourselves as neutrals and Buddhists. — Norodom Sihanouk Copy Share Image
We look for the Secret - the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of the Wise, Supreme Enlightenment, 'God' or whatever...and all the time… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm just not a religious person, not at all. I consider myself a spiritual person. I was always very drawn to Buddhism,… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
“The teaching of the Buddha is called the Dhamma. He did not teach Buddhism, any more than Jesus taught Christianity. The one… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
Beyond this world, beyond other worlds, be they inter-dimensional worlds or physical worlds, there is something else, which is the vast unknown… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Copy Share Image
A mantra is a thought. Use a mantra to help you still your mind initially and then move into silent meditation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“To be mindful entails examining the path we are traveling & making choices that alleviate suffering & bring happiness to ourselves & those around us.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
Love makes you wise. Love unites. Pain divides. Hate divides even more. Hate separates and brings us down to a very physical… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
