Happiness does not come from external objects. It comes from peace of mind. You can be famous; you can be a king,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
And so I pray like I'm a Pentecostal, Sufi, Buddhist, strict agnostic. Hoping one will hit it's target, take another sip of… — Jean Grae Copy Share Image
Thoughts can increase our understanding of a subject, or they can just as easily constrict or block our understanding of a subject.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The fact that you see a manifold world with different times, places and conditions -this exists only because of a lack of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Everyone makes mistakes. Whether we put our mistakes to use depends on how deeply we reflect on our actions. It is desirable… — Kentetsu Takamori Copy Share Image
If the kundalini is flowing through you at a very rapid rate, if you are not in harmony with the dharma, then… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The spectrum that most people exist in this world is very mundane and very unhappy. Certainly human beings are capable of experiencing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddha would never speak about enlightenment. The way he taught people about enlightenment was they meditated with him. He exposed them… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment begins by getting acquainted with your inner voice or your higher self. The dialogue experienced in this process leads to a… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
I think there is going to be a large paradigm shift in a few years, and it could either be to a… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
“I am empty only in the sense that there is nothing fixed or intrinsically real at the core of my identity as… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
When a man venerates those worthy of veneration, be they Buddhas or their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right… — Margaret Bondfield Copy Share Image
There are spirits in Hawaii. They're very protective and very good and they watch over these islands. I must confess, they're not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Though there are exceptions, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism tend to stress desirable states of consciousness, escaping the fretful, self-aware state of mind… — David C. Downing Copy Share Image
Buddhists don't feel that enlightenment is particularly unusual. We feel that it's the natural state. Enlightenment simply means perceiving life directly as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most people are operating out of repetition. If you come to work or school each day with the same mind-state, you probably… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Laos is a deeply Buddhist country, and my visit included a traditional Tak Bat ceremony, in which you get up at sunrise… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
If you are going to set out to develop mystical powers to impress your friends and do other things to your enemies,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Move beyond the limited parameters that most human beings have and realize that there are thousands and millions of worlds beyond this… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect… — Habib Umar bin Hafiz Copy Share Image
“In our era, just as in every transitional age, God seems dead, but it is really our Enlightenment culture that has died. ” — Robert Inchausti Copy Share Image
There are those who will seek to block you. There are also non-physical forces. To win in the world of enlightenment, it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The kundalini energy rests in potential at the base of the spine. It is possible to take that energy and allow it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What brings enlightenment is experience, in the sad sense of this word--the pressure of hard facts and unintelligible troubles, making a man… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
All those who slight me to my face, Or do me any other evil, Even if they blame or slander me, May… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They… — Tia Carrere Copy Share Image
Enlightenment means that you're never the same. You move and shift as the quiescent state, in a body or out of it.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You don't have to meditate. You don't have to practice self-discovery and Buddhism. You should only practice self-discovery if you really have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think that pain gives us appreciation of joy - it's a package deal. And I definitely think that the joys of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith. — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
There is no movement in Nirvana. There is no sameness. And one does not consider it to be timeless because one is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Life hurts at times. It hurts to have a body at times, hurts to be born, hurts to live, hurts to die,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you can successfully stop thought for longer periods of time, you do move into other worlds. This can also happen in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Humor is the balance of the tonal. Within the tonal you've got reason and humor. The two balance each other so that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The left-hand path adept seeks to liberate him/herself from passive subjection to the illusory nature of Maya, thus freeing the consciousness from… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You must have total and impeccable trust in eternity. Whether you like it or not, eternity's in charge, so you might as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
