“It’s very simple: If Buddhism is about awakening, people should be waking up. If it’s not about awakening, they should change the… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
Kirshna says its better to be a winner than a loser. It runs counter to what a lot of people whould think,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One of the Age of Enlightenment's most hypnotic images is Ledoux's rendering of his neoclassical theater of 1775 - 1784 in Besancon,… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
If you are not happier every day, if you don't see a progression of development, then you are certainly not practicing yoga… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Via the mediation of the Enlightenment, this movement had changed from a hobby among a tiny literate elite and their secretaries, an… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
All of us have to ensure that our future generations lead a life of peace, dignity and mutual respect. We need to… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
The ultimate intelligence of all things is your essence. Your mind is the universe. Your body is all things. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Frisbee is a round disk. That's the somethingness. But it has another side; it has a nothingness which you cannot perceive… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You are caught in an empty house, in a box, in a place that is not happy. You are trapped inside you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is not an attainment, it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes.” — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
I didn't have to go all the way to India for spiritual enlightenment. The blue-collar spirituality of everyday life was right in… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
Religion is either something we scorn because we are too rational or it's the realm of the fanatic who insists that their… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In advanced practice there is a sense of commitment to the study. It is happy; it's never forced. It is a natural… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We take the responsibility for our own enlightenment. We can pray for some help, and we may get it. But the work… — Darren Littlejohn Copy Share Image
Sex is like any other transaction, except that it is not like any other transaction. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
At the end of meditation period we always bow and we touch our head to the floor and say "Buddha's name be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This sounds really hokey, but I think Buddhism is the only religion that is genuinely peaceful, so I'd try to promote it… — Nick Love Copy Share Image
“According to your holy book, every single Buddhist, Jew, Hindu, Muslim, follower of various minor traditions or sects, those who do not… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
There is no point in being a responsible member of society, nor is there any point in being an irresponsible member of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you are truly wise, then you reflect the universe and you are relational in your approach to things. You are a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I don't believe in hell and heaven anymore. Or angels. I think Islam is a superstition like every other superstition. But now… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
There's no point in getting frustrated at yourself. Just be truthful. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I have to create a circle of reading for myself: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Pascal, The New Testament. This is also… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There are special places on our planet, places of power, healing and renewal, places where the mind-body connection is enhanced and that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Life is full of acceptance and rejection. Unfortunately, many of us focus on the rejection. Yoga tells us it’s more useful to… — Colleen Saidman Yee Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment, broadly construed, is to be undeluded about how the world is and how best to live.” — Thomas W. Clark Copy Share Image
The sensual world cannot be avoided. We're in it at every moment. We are part of it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't judge your meditations. Don't rate them. The physical mind cannot tell how well you did. As long as you are sitting… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Behind the transient reality, there is something else. It is a deeper, more permanent and unchanging reality that we Buddhists call nirvana. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Charles Tavis knows what James Incandenza could not have cared about less: the key to the successful administration of a top-level junior… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
