Focus on this moment. Hold your hand and see what it feels like. Go look at some grass. Talk to a palm… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Stress is a state of mind and if you realize that you will find that it's something you can deal with. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
They are not happy out there. Take a walk today and look at how many people smile. Look at how troubled they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meditate on your own and refine your consciousness. Tighten up your life. Constantly examine your life and look for weak points. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The preservation of Buddhism is preserving your own internal heart. If Tibetans became terrorists they might win back Tibet, but Buddhism would… — Rodger Kamenetz Copy Share Image
“Music has always been the greatest expression of mortal philosophy," continued Lucky. "The path to enlightenment is found in the lyrics of… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
Some people get the impression that Buddhism talks too much about suffering. In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If all the members of a team have synchronized their energy and they have all subordinated their egos to success of the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“If you’re intentionally seeking enlightenment, which manifests as a desire to discover your relationship with the Universe, you’ll use your so-called problems… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Habermas (1971–1973) described ideology as motivated false consciousness of social classes. He outlined the potential resolution of this false consciousness by means… — Otto F. Kernberg Copy Share Image
“We live our lives based on the assumption that we directly perceive, and are accurately interpreting, objects with a fair amount of… — Tagawa Shun'ei Copy Share Image
“As much as the scientific community currently enthralled with mindfulness would like to set aside the ethical component of the Buddhist tradition… — Andrew Olendzki Copy Share Image
Naturally, to follow dharma, we have to find out what it is. You have to struggle with it. The answer will not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda. Approach your career from this standpoint and you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Be neither attracted nor repulsed. You are watching a movie. If the visions are beautiful or horrible, Don't get caught up in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhism, with its non-theistic framework, grounds its ethics, not on the notion of obedience, but on that of harmony.” — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there…the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you… — Joe Haldeman Copy Share Image
“Today's satori: Such a change of mind would Not exist without My lifelong habit of having My mind immersed in blossoms.” — Saigyo Copy Share Image
As the prana current, kundalini and different energies begin to move through you, you will feel yourself moving and rocking. Keep the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most martial arts have to do with the mind, ultimately. The ability to be unafraid, to walk away from a fight without… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I personally, only work with people in my business who show excellence. I have a business, the business of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Freedom is the real source of human happiness and creativity. Irrespective of whether you are a believer or nonbeliever, whether Buddhist, Christian,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The Anza Borrego Desert is a place of power, where different planes and realities intersect. It is easier to see and enter… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Chaos theory simply suggests that what appears to most people as chaos is not really chaotic, but a series of different types… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We do not slight the idea of enlightenment, but the most important thing is this moment, not some day in the future.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
In short: if one has nothing of value to say, only that which is impure defilement, avoid them. They are masters of… — Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Copy Share Image
It's very easy for us to be humble when no one else is around. There is no reason for us to demonstrate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In self-giving you must be so careful of egotism. You must be so careful when you are aiding others in their liberation… — 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
We need to preserve these sacred locations for ourselves, for the species of plants and animals that coexist in harmony there, and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mind is not simply the collection of aggregate cells inside your brain. If you are only the grey matter, then when that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is the mind that weaves the dream of life, it convinces us that what we see is what is apparent and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Thought control is the ability to direct mind and attention anywhere. Your ability to win is dependent upon the power of your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
In Buddhism we meditate. We make our minds quiet by learning to focus on the chakras, release internal energy that we call… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
