Our past affects us, our present affects us, and even our future can affect us. We live in the relative world of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen is a very fast path to enlightenment, fast in comparison to some other paths, not fast for the person who practices… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Unhappiness is really an incorrect way of seeing. When we are unhappy we don't see life as it really is. We are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I'm not a Buddhist, but there is something lovely about thinking of yourself in a bigger picture, and thinking of yourself as… — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
You're thinking that you shouldn't have sex because you're celibate. So you just keep thinking about sex instead of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It is human religion (manav-dharma) when you give happiness to others, you will receive happiness and when you give unhappiness to others,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
We can't say what enlightenment is, we can't say what it isn't, because these are words and words have nothing to do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In dealing with the arrogant asserter of doubt, it is not the right method to tell him to stop doubting. It is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some of Buddhist texts say that, in the moment after you die, you think of New Jersey and you go to New… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the… — Brian Herbert Copy Share Image
“The Air Loom had been constructed by the Jacobins in Paris around the time of their coup d'etat in 1793. Just as… — Mike Jay Copy Share Image
“I approached Buddhism the way I approach almost everything. I read books about it. Even though, at first, I didn't understand much… — Mary Bray Pipher Copy Share Image
“Bodhisattvas are referred to as enlightened “heroes” or “warriors.” They are highly altruistic beings who have the wisdom to realize that by… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
There's also something that is often mistaken for enlightenment which is a kind of insanity. Often, people will have some kind of… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
A soul mate is not necessarily someone with whom you set up housekeeping. Your soul and their soul have a multi-incarnation attraction. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I momentarily but genuinely believed that Barack Obama was the answer not only to our nation's depressing politics but to the question… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
At least half of your mind is always thinking, I'll be leaving; this won't last. It's a good Buddhist attitude. If I… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
“Numbness was a mere purgatory of gray. No, there was a much worse place. Darkness masquerading as enlightenment. It was a place… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Speaking of Newton but also commenting more broadly on education and the Enlightenment: "I have seen a professor of mathematics only because… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is only when we are by ourselves that we can know others. When we are with other human beings we are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When we use power to cause someone else not to succeed so that we can succeed, it slows our vibratory frequency. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I got sober, I really felt like there was something that was missing from my life, Buddhism is something that I… — Boy George Copy Share Image
May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I had read some books on the Baha'i Faith. I had read - I was looking into Buddhism and trying to understand… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
This is the age of electrical energy. The age of atomic energy hasn't really dawned yet, not in the way that atomic… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“. . . how could I protect myself? I had the Viking's scabbard, but not the sword; I had the Buddhist's robe,… — Andrew Davidson Copy Share Image
Everyone feels some jealousy, some anger, and some hostility. Don't feel guilty. But to allow them to become dominant expressions of your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“All the dogmatists have been terrified by the lion’s roar of shunyata. Wherever they may reside, shunyata lies in wait! Nagarjuna: Master… — Nāgārjuna Copy Share Image
Our current perception is very cloudy and all screwed up. As our perception increases through meditation, we're seeing life more correctly. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Power is the big obstacle, or one of them, that you have to overcome and learn to deal with effectively before you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a definite way to do this. There is a training program that you will go through and it's delightful. It's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Be mindful, which is more of a passive meditation practice. It is passive when you are active. Then there is active meditation,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There's something uniquely interesting about Buddhism and mathematics, particularly about quantum physics, and where they meet. That has fascinated us for a… — Andy Wachowski Copy Share Image
Death and dying provide a meeting-point between the Tibetan Buddhist and modern scientific traditions. I believe both have a great deal to… — Dalai Lama 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
