“Meditation doesn’t lead to enlightenment because in meditation the ego is trying to destroy the ego.” — Donald O'Donovan Copy Share Image
To go within doesn't mean to become enraptured with who you are, or to become enraptured with ideas of who you are. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I do feel Im being respectful to Buddhism and martial arts with Mortal Kombat. — Mark Dacascos Copy Share Image
“The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
Love is not reasonable. If we could assign it to the reasonable world, it would not be useful. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is possible to modify your awareness to perceive what plants perceive, birds, beings in the astral, the causal. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions. — Dogen Copy Share Image
The hallmark of a person who is following the pathway to enlightenment is that they bring excellence into everything, no matter how… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“To give happiness to others is dharma (religion), but your own main religion is attained only after you attain [knowledge of] the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The practice of meditation is an ancient practice. It's been practiced in many lands, for many lifetimes. You may have practiced it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you realize that the ego is making you miserable you don't identify with it. You identify with your soul's humility and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Power doesn't make you happy. Actually, power without knowledge and balance is problematic. Power is something that will automatically follow when you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you accentuate yourself, thinking or acting like you are important, then you must want to look good to someone in this… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You're standing in a closet, and you've been in it so long that you can't remember that there's anything else, that there's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A student of mine is an actor, he used to go into these interviews and sometimes not get the part. He was… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“On considering these instances it is indubitably clear that sati has a crucial role to fulfill in the realm of samatha .… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
The individuation of dharma practice occurs whenever priority is given to the resolution of a personal existential dilemma over the need to… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“The problem, according to Buddhism, is that our feelings are no more than fleeting vibrations, changing every moment, like the ocean waves.… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special, it’s not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
The one philosophy or religion I find I am most close to is the Buddhist one. I think it is the one… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
“I have an odd capacity to escape reality. It makes life much more pleasant. Now, in this moment, I realize I have… — John Kenney Copy Share Image
The Buddhists say there are 149 ways to God. I'm not looking for God, only for myself, and that is far more… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Can you picture Ghandi or Buddha storming into the polling place of a local election, shouting, overturning tables, sending the participants fleeing?… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Discriminate between the transient and the eternal. Learn to move from complete control to complete abandon. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's important to remember that there are countless views in infinity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As long as you continue to run away from the world, I will not be able to show you your luminosity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Accept that you are that - you are the matchless, eternal reality. That's true seeing, true humility. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“As a friend of mine told me about Real Happiness: you wrote this one in American.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The teaching of the Buddha is called the Dhamma. He did not teach Buddhism, any more than Jesus taught Christianity.” — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Kring is the mantra of power. "Kring" should only be repeated when you are in deep meditation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“most of the leading Enlightenment intellectuals were producers of racist ideas and abolitionist thought.10” — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
There's no right or wrong in the study of enlightenment. There's only experience. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“...spells of incarceration or exile were almost badges of honour for Enlightenment writers.” — Kate Berridge Copy Share Image
To be wise doesn't always mean to have a wrinkled face and sparkly eyes. To be wise means to be still inside. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame it.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The period of meditation is a time when we go back to the source. We go back to what we were before… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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