Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are. — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
We are like an atomic structure. We've got a causal body that's linked together. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Begin to see that life is very, very complex. It is made up of thousands of dimensions of wonder. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My dad's a surfer-psychologist, and my mother's an actress-fitness instructor, and we all practice Buddhism. — Vinessa Shaw Copy Share Image
“Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
Having the competitive edge to be able to succeed is having control of your time, life and mind. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When emotions are long held and extremely complex, it sometimes takes years for them to enter fully into awareness.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In the enlightenment cycle, attention is paid to bringing back the awareness field from other lives. This does not simply mean memory,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The moment you wake up, right away, you can smile. That’s a smile of enlightenment. You are aware that a new day… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Maybe you don't need to do this. Maybe this isn't your moment. But if you do feel the pull of the eternal,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The surface personality is only the beginning of what we are. So as we meditate, we still that surface personality, we can… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We have a spiritual community but everyone lives where they want to. I recommend certain areas to live because of their power. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Somehow in the middle of the L.A. trendiness, Boston conservation, New York chic and San Francisco intellectual mellow, there's a place where… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We go outside, on a clear, cold night. We see millions of stars all over the place, bright and beautiful, each one… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The tonal is so strong, that it even arranges a syntactical place for God and thus kills the mystery, the reality, and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“For this expanse of dharmas just as it is, the conventional term "ultimate reality" is used. You might object, "What do you… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
If it's real enlightenment...you're dealing with someone who's broken through every rule, every barrier, every do and do not, and they've reached… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddhist, who thanks no man, who says "Do not flatter your benefactors," but who, in his conviction that every good deed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Let's consider: at the time of the Buddha, when he attained enlightenment, according to the old texts, in the first watch of… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
You cannot live sheltered forever without being exposed, and at the same time be a spiritual adventurer. Be audacious. Be crazy in… — Arnaud Desjardins Copy Share Image
“Being free is as difficult and as perpetual — or rather fighting for one’s freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I believe in kindness and karma—which could make me a Buddhist. I believe in mystic healing and crystals’ powers—which could make me… — Emma Mildon Copy Share Image
Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“The awareness that seeks to know is the very object of its own seeking.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
Present-day Hinduism and Buddhism were growths from the same branch. Buddhism degenerated, and Shankara lopped it off! — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Buddhist practice is the grounding for this work, this life, this way. — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
“The crux of the second noble truth is not what you want, but the very fact that you want.” — Andrew Olendzki Copy Share Image
You don't force change; you just open yourself to its possibilities and let it work through you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You are not a singular self. You are a corporation. Inside you is eternity. A human being is not so simple. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Teamwork - everything is one. You can connect with the emptiness of all things. All things are empty. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A person trying to meditate is doing something that's impossible since meditation is not an action. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Eternity gives life to all and sustains all, transforms all on the wheel of dharma - until all attain perfection. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am who I am who I am who am I Requesting some enlightenment Could I have been anyone other than me? — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
You can be alone too in the city streets, among the crowds. We are all alone. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
