“Against The Stream is more than just another book about meditation. It is a manifesto and field guide for the front lines… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
Relaxation is the point. And if you can relax with an enlightened person his enlightenment will start penetrating you, because when you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are. — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the ability to love, the ability to feel, the ability to probe the depths and the heights of life. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“What we call life...is the combination of the Five Aggregates, a combination of physical and mental energies. These are constantly changing; they… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
“Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing. (The Buddha)” — Alex Fan Moniz Copy Share Image
“Without morality and ethics there is no religion (dharma), the foundation of religion is morality and ethics.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Never forget how swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or the wave of a hand. Now… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Buddha himself taught different teachings to different people under different circumstances. For some people, there are beliefs based on a Creator. For… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The Buddhist message is a message not of the negation of life, but one of affirmation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The term satipaṭṭhāna can be explained as a compound of sati , "mindfulness" or "awareness", and upaṭṭhāna , with the u of… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate… — Brian Harris Copy Share Image
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
“There is beauty all around us, and the light finds us when we realize, we are all part of that beauty and… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
The most noble of all pursuits is to be enlightened, to know truth, to have knowledge and yet be beyond even truth… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Anticipating the collapse of secular reason, Hamann thus brings us to a decidedly postmodern crossroads, at which point one can take the… — Gene Edward Veith Jr Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is to be outside the circle, the circle of death and rebirth. There is a circle inside you. If you meditate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mantras have an important place in meditation. But the idea has become somewhat prevalent in the West, and in the East to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the natural state of consciousness, the innocent state of consciousness, that state which is uncontaminated by the movement of thought,… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
One day I saw a picture of the Buddha on a Buddhist magazine and he was sitting on the grass, and he… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You cannot live sheltered forever without being exposed, and at the same time be a spiritual adventurer. Be audacious. Be crazy in… — Arnaud Desjardins Copy Share Image
Think about these things and see if they make sense to you. You will find that work will no longer be a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The left-hand path adept seeks to liberate him/herself from passive subjection to the illusory nature of Maya, thus freeing the consciousness from… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
Take a yoga class, study different forms of self-discovery. Some people are crazy and fanatical, avoid them. People who are balanced and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
That could be applied to whatever you feel. Maybe anger is your thing. You just go out of control and you see… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Last year, Yoshino, I walked away bending branches To point me to blossoms-- Which now are everywhere and I can Go where… — Saigyo Copy Share Image
It is good to take a weekend and just you, or you and your dog, head out into the wilderness. Walk by… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Let someone else take your place in line, Let someone else be first. Let someone else achieve realization before you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The kundalini rises and the kundalini is hot, it's a hot energy. Sometimes you feel it cascading up your spine, and it's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie? — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Amida's unimpeded light is the sun of wisdom that destroys the mind of darkness. (Preface in Teaching, Practice, Faith, Enlightenment)” — Kentetsu Takamori Copy Share Image
When I leave the body someday, I can help people just as effectively if they focus upon me. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“That what helps us stabilize our antahkaran (inner complex of mind, intellect, chit and ego) is Religion (dharma).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If you are the one thing you think is right with the world then you are the problem. - Dharma ” — Sophie McKeand Copy Share Image
