The secret to enlightenment is kindness and selfless giving. Without that, it's just words, isn't it? — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Find a teacher and devote yourself to the study, but in a balanced way, not a fanatical way. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Stop trying to be different. Just do what you are good at, and work really hard. You have to work hard to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's degradation of the environment. But the real issue is the degradation of one's inner environment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When you meditate and still your mind, you will gain the wisdom of knowing things in this world, in other worlds and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People are kept in line in society because they fear punishment. The assumption that underlies this mentality is that a human being… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are endless planes of attention, endless realities and endless mind states. They're like collections of atoms and protons and neutrons, nuclei.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Today, my heart and soul lives peacefully for the hope that the 21st century will have to face a great challenge, a… — Marcel Marceau Copy Share Image
You may have expected that enlightenment would come ZAP! instantaneous and permanent.This is unlikely.After the first ah ha expereince, it can be… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Begin with your daily life. Take your life as a challenge and try to bring yourself into harmony with each thing in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness is in the mind and the mind is the universe. Your mind is the universe, not just this physical universe that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Nagarjuna's verse 46]-is extensively taught. [Madhyamaka or emptiness] means being without characteristics that define true reality. It [means] to be unarisen, since… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Patience from a Buddhist perspective is not a "wait and see" attitude, but rather one of "just be there"... Patience can also… — Lodro Rinzler Copy Share Image
“Involvement with the eight worldly dharmas keeps beings imprisoned in the realms of samsara and renders them susceptible to the hosts of… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
The quest for this unwearied peace is constant and universal. Probe deeply into the teaching of Buddha, Maimonides, or a Kempis, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We’ (the enlightened one) do not have buddhi (intellect). ‘We’ too would become emotional, if We had intellect. ‘We’ are abuddha (one… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Indian Buddhist guru Shantideva had some wise words on this very subject,” Lobsang said. He began to quote: “‘When crows encounter… — David Michie Copy Share Image
In Zen Buddhism, "The Great Cessation" is a term that points to the abandoning of the effort to define one's self by… — Mike Scheidt Copy Share Image
While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image