Spend time with spiritual friends, those who seek light. Purity is gained through strength. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“When we pay attention to sensations in our bodies, we can feel that love is the energetic opposite of fear.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I meditate twice a day. I chant. I lean more towards Buddhist practices. — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
At every moment, you have the opportunity to crap out. The world will always tell you to play it safe and just… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Hate is the last refuge of the ignorant. Love is the medicine. Compassion is the gift of the awakened ones. — Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Copy Share Image
Enlightenment simply means that you've run out of questions, and that the answers don't matter anymore. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The nagual is the unknown. It cannot be talked about, it can only be witnessed. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
Kundalini can be transmitted. A person who is very adept at the enlightenment process can transmit it. Whether you feel it or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What is Tantric Zen? Well, I don't think I can give you a straight answer, since I don't happen to be a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
The ghetto is not where you live. The ghetto is inside your mind. And anyone who tells you that you can't get… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It’s a tiresome proposition, having to take up the work of the Enlightenment all over again, but it’s happened on your watch.” — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
Use the practice of mind and body; in order to make those moves perfectly, you have to pull your mind out of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no end and there is no beginning. There is only eternity. Eternity can be warm. eternity can be cold and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The story of the Burning House is really about our practice of Buddhism. We are constantly living in a burning house, a… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
What I find difficult about Buddhism, though it is also one of its significant fascinations, is the focus on what is immediately… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“I am infinitely saddened to find myself suddenly surrounded in the west by a sense of terrible loss of nerve, a retreat… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“Every time we do something nice for someone else, even if it is a routine thing they expect, we can do so… — David Michie Copy Share Image
“Over and over these organizations tell America that family, above all, is what Christianity is about. Devotion to one's family is, indeed,… — Bruce Bawer Copy Share Image
“The leaves that remain are only a very small part of the tea. The tea that goes into me is a much… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I'm not Buddhist, I'm not Hindu, I'm not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God. I… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
Disease an never be conquered, can never be quelled by emotion's willful screaming or faith's symbolic prayer. It can only be conquered… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
Bow and offer your meditation to Eternity, as you would offer a Flower to your lover. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Next to meditation itself, I really can't think of anything more important than the development of your career. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions. — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
Wisdom is to see the difference between nirvana and this world, this self-reflection that the mind creates. — Frederick Lenz 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
I don't think there is a right approach to teaching self discovery. Every situation is unique. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are seven primary centers, junctions, within the subtle physical body. These are called the seven chakras. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sometimes we have to be hard on ourselves. We've got to get on our case, if we are being sloppy, lazy, and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is not a finite state. It's not something that you just do and it's done. It goes on forever. — 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-al ready-are. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We prefer humility in others - and if we prefer it in others - we can soon prefer it in ourselves. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Anybody or anything can become enlightened because enlightenment is the very nature of existence itself. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think the very best thing you can do is observe what makes you stronger and what makes you weaker. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
