You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise,… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
The cover story of the magazine [TIME magazine] depicting a few individuals who are acting contrary to most Myanmar, is creating misconceptions… — Thein Sein Copy Share Image
“There is dharma (religion) in scriptures, but no essence in it. The essence is in the heart of a Gnani (Enlightened One).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“A person achieves enlightenment only through a purposeful engagement with life and by resolutely searching for truth and shedding artifices.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Get your emotions under control and your life under control. Work really hard and don't make a big deal out of yourself.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism is not just going to temple, being at a ceremony and dressing up. That is the church of Buddhism. Esoteric Buddhism… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment isn't the end but the beginning, the start of a journey that a small group of people begun while the rest… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“The Enlightenment may have indeed outlived its usefulness, but it is only through Reason's protocols that one can make a coherent case… — James K. Morrow Copy Share Image
“I cast myself across the land in search of enlightenment, and here is what I found: that matter and energy are one… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“We cannot learn if we are stuck in our mind’s conditioned way of thinking. We must be open to discovering the Truth,… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“When one of the emperors of China asked Bodhidharma (the Zen master who brought Zen from India to China) what enlightenment was,… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“Mark you, no Krishna can clear your eyes and make you look with a broader vision upon life in your march upward… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“... But these skeptics are only selectively skeptical. They think themselves enlightened for resisting all this new proof and remaining steadfast in… — Ken Ilgunas Copy Share Image
If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
As we gradually open that bubble and allow the luminous being inside to come out, your second attention will develop and you'll… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In that nanosecond of enlightenment I knew that the human spirit survives the death of the physical body and I understood that… — Janet Bettag Copy Share Image
The spirit of Buddhism is, more than anything, about valuing harmony and unity, in which others are respected and embraced rather than… — Shinjo Ito Copy Share Image
“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Professor Sung-bae Park taught Buddhism to primarily Judeo-Christian kids who needed one course in a world religion and could fit him in… — John Popielaski Copy Share Image
We look for the Secret - the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of the Wise, Supreme Enlightenment, 'God' or whatever...and all the time… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
We live in a world of careers. Work, as Sri Krishna points out in the Bhagavad Gita, is a necessary path for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The practice of mindfulness is monitoring your mind all day and all night. It's enjoyable to just remove things that make you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only… — Śāntideva 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
We see a lot of people who decide to go out and teach meditation. They become so wrapped up in it that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The world had seen so many Ages: the Age of Enlightenment; of Reformation; of Reason. Now, at last, the Age of Desire.… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Think about the flowers. Life is just a bunch of pretty pictures. All this is supposed to do is force you beyond… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The French were more tolerant of brothels than any other nation in Europe, though there was some dispute about whether this reflected… — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
Be present, from moment to moment, right in the middle of the real stream of time. That gives you spiritual security. That… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
Happiness is warm puppy. In other words, happiness is the things around you. Just to see that puppy is to be happy.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We are intelligent atoms. We are intelligent organic structures. We can change who we are. We can heal ourselves. With genetic engineering,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I don't really go down one path. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist, or a Catholic or a Christian or a Muslim,… — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
“Buddhism is a religion of the heart. Only this. One who practices to develop the heart is one who practices Buddhism [...]… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
I know some teachers say that you shouldn't display the psychic powers and other powers referred to as the siddhas, but as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Why do everything perfectly? Isn't perfection just an illusion? Tell me if it's an illusion if they don't fix your car perfectly… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“One of the most essential teachings of Buddhism is an understanding that where you are at this moment is exactly where you… — Michael Williams Copy Share Image
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