The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Self-interest is hostile to the common good, but enlightened self-interest is not. And this is the best key to the meaning of… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, we speak of touching Nirvana with our own body, In Christianity, you can also touch the Kingdom of God with… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It's funny, people who have a lot of sexual energy think of themselves as being not spiritual. They are probably more spiritually… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“As in other Buddhist Tantric techniques, recommended preliminaries for these practices include developing skill at both calm-abiding ( zhi gnas ; śamatha… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share Image
Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“We blame the majority of the world on everything, and then we expect to feel safe inside a religious group. It is… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
One of my purposes is to use the television show as a voice to not only entertain people, as I did in… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Love is the bridge that joins all the worlds together. Love permits us to see who and what we are. The only… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Be a great capitalist. Be a great socialist. Be a great whatever you want to be, but do it with style, clarity… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you think it makes a difference if I have ten thousand sports cars, ten million girlfriends and lead a very flashy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Even after only several weeks of practicing meditation, you will begin to have more energy and be a little bit happier. Eventually,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
There is a way to open up the chakras, there is a mystical way. But if you do that, you'll get yourself… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Spend time all day and all night monitoring your thoughts, constantly keeping them in a high plateau. Avoid places and people that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The reason Buddhism can be so naturalised is because, stripped of its supernatural elements, its core teachings can be giving a sound,… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
When you meditate, you are shifting your state of mind to a higher vibratory level that will give you a much more… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary times, to be of present, nothing-but-the-present,… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
The description you have been given of the world is an aberrant one. It does not accept and give proper place to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Before beginning an activity always first empty yourself of thoughts regarding what you are about to do. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Slowly, slowly, his soul was filled with bitterness at the fact that he had stood a step away from enlightenment, from the… — Dmitry Glukhovsky Copy Share Image
“What are the path of love and the path of meditation? There are basically two different paths to enlightenment. These two paths… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
Everything we see is an illusion. Even our perceptions of truth are illusory, illusory in the sense they're not complete. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I get caught in a hell-world of some sort. In the initial phase, I’m aware of and merging with a kind of… — Ralph Metzner Copy Share Image
“The Buddhists succumbed to the Muslims, the British brought in Christianity, and now the Muslims decide one faction of their religion is… — Jameson Currier Copy Share Image
“The idea persists that faith is a remnant of an ancient way of life, a way of knowing that asks for unthinking… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
The fundamental goal of Buddhism is the realization of the peace and happiness of humankind. — Josei Toda Copy Share Image
Focus on the center of the chest, relax. Imagine a rose there. Feel it unfolding. Let yourself go and ignore your thoughts. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no loneliness when you meditate, you feel eternity. How could you ever be lonely? You just feel God's love for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The forces are different up here at the continental divide. The magnetic lines of energy run in specific directions. The United States… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism maintains that the common reaction of the human mind to pleasure and to achievement is not satisfaction; it's craving for more. — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
When you are not following dharma, then you will not be at peace. You will not be happy. The simplest things will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The Muslim, the modernist, and the Christian each believes that his or her story alone is the true story of the world,… — Craig G. Bartholomew Copy Share Image
There are those who want to revolutionize the world with meditation. I really don't think that is necessary. The world is already… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“On the basis of its ethical quality, the Buddha distinguishes kamma into two major categories: the unwholesome (akusala) and the wholesome (kusala).… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
From infinite awareness, something comes forward, a sense of infinite awareness and finite awareness. That perception is the birth of a being. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Right and wrong are concepts that only have meaning in this world, so by sorting existence on those characteristics, we are defining… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
All of Chinese thinking - Confucianism, Taoism, as well as Buddhism - contains the idea that in the course of life, man… — Richard Wilhelm Copy Share Image
