“It is a rare blessing to see things, and to accept people, as they are.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Meditate and bath in the light of eternity. Nothing else is worthwhile. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects — Duncan Sheik Copy Share Image
“Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Enlightenment occurs when someone becomes inspired by information and uses it to enhance their life. — Aimee Vernon Copy Share Image
Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
You must learn to meditate and stop your thoughts. You must overcome all egotism and selfishness by serving others. You must cleanse… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I realize that I've had a very idyllic vision of what spirituality looks like. Honestly, most of Western culture has an idyllic… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Focus on beauty all day long. Realize how incredibly beautiful your life is. How incredibly beautiful it is to feel, to look… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You do have an effect on the universe. If you think positive thoughts, if you are happy and progressive, then that energy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another.” — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Each time you meditate you have the possibility of completely changing your life in one meditation. If you meditate with your whole… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Not only was the theory of evolution not invented by Darwin himself; it wasn’t invented by his Enlightenment predecessors either. It was… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
I think real enlightenment is total sanity, a kind of acceptance of what actually is. It does involve a kind of different… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found… — Taitetsu Unno Copy Share Image
“Because we feel ourselves to be separate from the world in which we live, we have also grown to feel quite alone… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“Children I implore you get out of the burning house now three carts wait outside to save you from a homeless life… — Han-shan Copy Share Image
As a former English professor, I can assure you that grammar is the qualitative interpolation of language. Adjectives, pronouns, predicates, past pluperfect… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you… — Lorne Ladner Copy Share Image
I may discuss contemporary cinema, how to shop at a mall without losing energy, how to use the power of mind to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“From the Buddhist perspective, the only lasting way to bring about change is for people themselves to change.” — Pat Allwright Copy Share Image
There are thousands of worlds, thousands of dimensional planes, billions. Life is endless. It goes on forever. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Use your mind to discriminate. Choose to advance yourself, to bring more purity into your being. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I feel that there's a certain danger in always being in a lovely rural setting. You can lose touch. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
As long as you are in the relative worlds, you should be realistic and know there is winning and losing here. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To choose the light or to choose other things is always the question. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
I was 3 when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor. — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
“All dharma teachings agree on one point—lessening one’s self-absorption” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is represented by Sri Krishna, who is said to be an avatar. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment says the world is nothing Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion And nothing is real. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Self-hate doesn't create enlightenment. It just causes you to not enjoy the current moment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
