“The secure attachment of Western psychology is actually akin to Buddhist non-attachment; avoid-ant attachment is the inverse of being mindful and present;… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment. "Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals" (1785) — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I'm not a preacher, but I preach. I'm not a Buddhist, but I chant. I'm not race theorist, but I have questions… — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
“Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and failure to listen, I am committed to cultivating loving speech and compassionate listening… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist - if you say you are, you… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
Several very good friends of mine have died of AIDS. I spent a great deal of time with them when they went… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The avoidance of that which causes you pain does not produce enlightenment. It produces avoidance. Religion is the avoidance of pain and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The teaching that we receive is not necessarily very accurate. The value systems that our cultures have developed are not every open.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The secret teaching was the bodhisattva ideal, to live for others, for the welfare of all beings. That's enlightenment, not some flashy… — 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
A person without an Apple watch is perfectly content with his present watch but when he sees his friends buying the watch,… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
In the West people are basically oblivious to power, solstices, enlightenment and everything that matters. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe-… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
The male or female that the child has the most exposure to in the first four to six years of its life… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own… — Bobbie Oliver Copy Share Image
Many people who help me encounter a lot of resistance from other people and from forces. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The founders of modern Burma believed that they could guarantee prosperity and happiness by correctly choosing the moment for the rebirth of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In this world we see nothing but diversity. Everyone thinks separate ideas and wants to develop a separate identity. They fight wars… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Spend time with spiritual friends, those who seek light. Purity is gained through strength. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhism is centered on the principle of two truths, the absolute truth and the relative truth. The absolute is that the true… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
“The dramatic and the sensational seldom yield the treasures of enlightenment that the commonplace and the unpretentious often harbour unsuspected. For being… — Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Copy Share Image
Now, tantra is a little bit different than other forms of Buddhism because in tantra what we do is we use the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
