“I was thirty years old before I had an actual thought. Everything up till then was either what Buddhists call “monkey-mind” chatter… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
If you are seeking power and knowledge, you need to go to places that are healthy and happy and radiant. Avoid places… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My favorite cause is the enlightenment of others. I think that is the best place to put money. You get the highest… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Tibetan Buddhist realization is that mind does not have any particular qualities or attributes of its own. It's clear - clear… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha’s priority was to get down to the root of the problem. Buddhism is not culturally bound. Its benefits are not limited… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Copy Share Image
“in mysterious ways.” The big change in Buddhism is that it tries to define that problem and, instead” — Dominique Francon Copy Share Image
“Buddhism asks big questions about birth and death, cause and effect, emptiness and form, delusion and enlightenment. I just hope you’re not… — Karen Maezen Miller Copy Share Image
The only reason you feel pain is because you're so busy looking at yourself instead of looking at the wonderful patterns of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Concepts are not real things; a conceptualized world is a dead world. Living actualities lose their life when put into concepts.” — Gyomay M. Kubose Copy Share Image
My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth." "Um, okay. So what is it?" "Suffering," she said. "Doing wrong and having… — John Green Copy Share Image
...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that. — William James Copy Share Image
No matter how many times you have failed you must keep going forward. Only when you have become humble will you begin… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Purity is innocence, the innocence of lack of self. Desire is innocent unless it's connected with self. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Shall any gazer see with mortal eyes, Or any searcher know by mortal mind, Veil after veil will lift--but there must be… — Edwin Arnold Copy Share Image
It's just not working. One nation trying to destroy another, one race trying to destroy another, one religion trying to destroy another… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“What is the nature of the worldly life (sansar)? God lives in every living being of the world, that means if you… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
I began researching and writing what I intended as a book-length essay entitled Fascination and Liberation, exploring the question of whether there… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is freedom, the thought of enlightenment is prison. The truth exists in the moment. If we´re anywhere else, seeking something outside… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“It wasn't enlightenment to live like you had no history and no consequences. The world wasn't just made out of instants --… — Riley Redgate Copy Share Image
“You know to me a mountain is a Buddha. Think of the patience, hundreds of thousands of years just sittin there bein… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
A symbol in Chinese Buddhism is the lotus plant, which regenerates every year, symbolizing life, renewal, and the Buddha himself. Actually it… — Alvin Leung Copy Share Image
“Suffering led the Buddha to enlightenment, and it may cause us, against our will, to grow in compassion, awareness, and possibly eventually… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. —The Buddha” — Timber Hawkeye Copy Share Image
“Only when I see myself truly is Gautama Buddha is present in me.” — Gyomay M Kubose Copy Share Image
Use power carefully. Don't be afraid to have it. Learn balance and wisdom in addition to the unlocking of the kundalini, if… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“A peaceful mind appreciates the present moment as the living embodiment of naked perfection, rather than a means to future attainment.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“History is full of numerous cases in which good persons were so unfortunate as to die a miserable death or to live… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The venerable teachers, philosophers & spiritual practitioners throughout history have concluded that the greatest happiness we can experience comes from the development… — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
“When we are meditating in a haunted graveyard, or even in our rooms, frightening external and internal appearances may arise during Chöd… — Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru Copy Share Image
We're at the end of the cycle. You've all known it since childhood. In the Hindu division of the ages, this is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
