Unfortunately the student often feels guilt for not living the type of life that their Teacher suggested, or they feel that they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What we are seeking to do is not melt the map of America. We are seeking to melt the self, the solid… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A categorization implies a hierarchical way of seeing things. Life is really relational, not hierarchical. Hierarchical is a human way of looking… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“It is the Great Ones, the masters of life, whose light illumines the pathway, even at its commencement, and grows brighter with… — G. de Purucker Copy Share Image
“Twenty years ago at a conference I attended of theologians and professors of religion, an Indian Christian friend told the assembly, “We… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Moderate Islam? That's a contradiction. It's going to be a long time before we see a new Koran, an equivalent to the… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
It is equally easy, initially, for either a man or a woman to attain enlightenment, what we would call liberation or self-realization. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One of the greatest mistakes that people make who pursue self-discovery is they neglect to develop their careers. There is a popular… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
'Every facet of our lives should be directed towards the goal of better understanding of ourselves and our relationship to each other,… — Nita Siegman Copy Share Image
Many Buddhist teachers have described compassion as the ability to react freely and accurately in any situation. Being nice or feeling sorry… — Issan Dorsey Copy Share Image
So what you are accomplishing is entrenching yourself more and more in this world. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Jefferson's ambivalence toward the French Revolution matters. As a key founder of the American republic, he bridges the moderate and radical Enlightenments.… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
“Zen Buddhism, for example, as practiced by Suzuki, the excellent Japanese mystic, has nothing to do with the superstitious and predjudiced Buddhism… — Marcelo Ramos Motta Copy Share Image
Who wants to be stuck in being religious and being spiritual either? That's not freedom. You've just exchanged handcuffs for leg irons… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The enlightened world will be one in which everyone is in love with everyone all the time. We will see each other… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It is acceptance of the will of God - waiting, if necessary, forever, happily rising above your desires and above your frustrations… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The third world war is not going to happen! I predict it! It is not going to happen, because of you, because… — Rajneesh 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
To sense which gifts to accept which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Kaneta said, “What determined life or death? No Buddhist priest knows, no Christian pastor—not even the Pope in Rome. So I would… — Richard Lloyd Parry Copy Share Image
Happiness has to do with how quickly you vibrate, how intelligent you are, how subtle your awareness field is, how deep you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Innumerable Buddhas Enlightened... innumerable Christs crucified... always the same Christ, the same Buddha! — Frederick Franck Copy Share Image
Take events logically one by one; ask yourself what is your dharma pertaining to a given event; and do it; and move… — T Joseph Benziger Copy Share Image