It is not simply a transient happiness that you experience in meditation that creates balance; it is a transformative light. Inner light… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
Children are wise in a funny kind of way. They haven't developed so many vested interests of self. There is a wisdom,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“How we view God, or a higher power, can have an impact on how we relate to others. Often the role(s) we… — Jenny Beans Copy Share Image
The planes of consciousness are correlated to what we call the chakras, which are located along the shushumna. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Personal power, knowledge and fun come from how you approach something, not what you approach. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I remember a Buddhist teachers reflections on the Holocaust...What terrible karma those Jews mustve had... This kind of fundamentalism, which blames the… — David Loy Copy Share Image
“5. Zazen, or the Sitting in Meditation. Habit comes out of practice, and forms character by degrees, and eventually works out destiny.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Near Tokyo lived a great Samurai warrior, now old, who decided to teach Zen Buddhism to young people. In spite of his… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later. There is not much hurry. If… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In the classical spiritual definition, a soul mate is someone that you have reincarnated with many times. You find each other in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no best teacher. Life itself is the teacher. There is no best method. All that matters is that it works. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When Buddhists say, "A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause," they mean that we must expend the bulk of… — Hsing Yun Copy Share Image
Samadhi is the highest octave spiritual light. Not the best, but the highest octave. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The teaching of the sexual tantras all come down to one point. Although desire, of whatever shape or form, seeks completion, there… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
The role of the Buddhist teacher is to explain your options and to show you what creates karma. All our discussions are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Sex can never bring about enlightenment. Only enlightenment brings about enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What you have known of this life so far is only a dream, a slim dream at that. As one who has… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The mind is like a lake. It reflects eternity when it's very still. If ripples appear, lots of them, then the reflection… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Suffering offers a path to awareness. Awareness thus is required for one to be truly born. When one is born, one is… — VD Copy Share Image
Hinduism threw away Buddhism after taking its sap. The attempt of all the Southern Acharyas was to effect a reconciliation between the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Left alone, I am overtaken by the northern void-no wind, no cloud, no track, no bird, only the crystal crescents between peaks,… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
The intuitive mind is nonphysical. It is not part of the brain or any other cellular structure in the physical body. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
