Humility means you're willing to give someone a bigger slice of the pie. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Do not cling to anything, to any idea; because clinging is the bondage, even to the idea of enlightenment. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There is only one calamity: ignorance. And there is only one solution: enlightenment. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There's really no pain in the realm of the higher astral. A lot of spirits are playing mini-golf having a good time. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism has existed forever, just like we have, and occasionally it's codified; it's put together into a system by someone who likes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
During the centuries-long process of Reformation and Enlightenment, Christian churches had to accept some things they didn't like. Islam will have to… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
It is best to study from a teacher of ANY subject, as long as you focus on the teachings and NOT on… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There comes a time when a race of beings makes a decision. When they chose to reject enlightenment, it's the end of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It doesn't pay to listen much to what human beings have to say in their evaluation of you, since they don't evaluate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While confronting the problems of the present, I often find myself thinking back to the world of books as it was experienced… — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
“For social pathologies like the Great Purges, there are no fully satisfactory explanations. Every individual knows that he is powerless, an actual… — Sheila Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Although we are all the same in not wanting problems and wanting a peaceful life, we tend to create a lot of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“On the first day of November last year, sacred to many religious calendars but especially the Celtic, I went for a walk… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is simply realizing the indisputable Truth of who you are. You are fundamentally complete in every respect, and cannot be improved… — Jim Palmer Copy Share Image
I think the Buddhist ethic is clearer and more systematic in some ways. The Buddhist notion is that our chief problems are… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
“What struck me, in reading the reports from Sri Lanka, was the mild disgrace of belonging to our imperfectly evolved species in… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“While aesthetic richness has prevailed in Indian spiritual life form ancient times, there has also been a parallel puritanical aspect among Indian… — Balajinnatha Pandita Copy Share Image
“Any religion can be compared to the attic of an old home. Unless the attic is regularly cleaned, it gathers dust and… — Swami Bhaskarananda Copy Share Image
“Love is the true God—not the God of theologians, but the God of Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, the God of the Sufis.” — Osho Copy Share Image
That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value. — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
In the Buddhist scriptures, it said many births cause suffering, so Buddhism is not against family planning. — Mechai Viravaidya Copy Share Image
You and I might define a 'soul mate' differently. For most people, a soul mate has some kind of sexual connotation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Until your physical togetherness increases, your development in the inner worlds will not increase. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism is simply a methodology, a way of becoming one with the part of ourselves that is happy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Keep a sense of humor, that keeps you balanced, and you'll do quite well with it all, I'm sure. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The real dance is within; it is within your mind. Everything is inside your mind. God is inside your mind. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like Leonard Cohen when he went off to become a Buddhist. — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“if Palestine had been invaded by Buddhists, or post-Ottoman Turkey, resistance would have been just as strong.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. —The Buddha” — Timber Hawkeye 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