Some souls attain enlightenment. No one knows why. You could say it is individual inclination. I'm not convinced that's the case. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Be neither attracted nor repulsed is the message of Tantric Buddhism. Don't be drawn to something, don't run away from it. Just… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an… — Gza Copy Share Image
“Once a Buddha, always a Buddha, Sam. Dust off some of your old parables. You have about fifteen minutes.' Sam held out… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
If you take the time to bring the light of the supra-conscious into your being, then automatically all blockages will go away.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Today in Sri Lanka, Pope Francis visited a Buddhist temple. When asked why, the Pope said, 'Just keeping my options open. It's… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Fame does not make you happy. It just makes you look in the mirror a lot, worrying about how you look today… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Authenticity is fundamental, more fundamental than spiritual enlightenment. Without authenticity, no genuine spiritual enlightenment is possible. Authenticity is the state of being… — Yasuhiko Kimura Copy Share Image
“An age cannot bind itself and ordain to put the succeeding one into such a condition that it cannot extend its (at… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“the consciousnesses who have been directly associated with ideas of enlightenment or spiritual paths will often reach a point of the admission… — Master Teacher Copy Share Image
“When we stop loving, we embrace adharma. We judge, condemn and reject people. Invalidate them in hatred. We stop being generous. Like… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
“If there is a person of the highest grade of understanding, he may first of all learn the most profound, next the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“It is recorded in the monastic rules that a monk once performed an abortion on a girl; the Buddha judged his action… — Soraj Hongladarom Copy Share Image
When Buddhists say, "A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause," they mean that we must expend the bulk of… — Hsing Yun Copy Share Image
It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid… — Adam Yauch Copy Share Image
It is not bad living in a monastery. I've done it many times in many lives. But I think you can do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness is only gained when your mind is in extended states of attention, when your mind is merging with the infinite. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you think of others in a jealous way or if you become angry, immediately pause for a moment. It's going to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Even after only several weeks of practicing meditation, you will begin to have more energy and be a little bit happier. Eventually,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What I can do is find the keys that will plug into my own 30 years of training in Buddhism, and find… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
You have visits, then you have disappearances. You enter, then you exit. You come, you go. It would be so great if… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Human beings going to their jobs and living their lives are unconscious. They don't know what's going on. They don't know why… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“For example, if you are depressed or if you are unable to deal with the feelings that you have, scientists have established… — Michael Williams Copy Share Image
It is most critical for a woman, or for a man who is very sensitive and opens up his heart, to be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Even the busiest bee does not move from one flower to another as often as an untamed mind moves from one thought… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. This is what man wants for a… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
“Science tells us that love not only diminishes the experience of physical pain but can make us—and our beloveds—healthier.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
What is essential is to draw the energy of love from your heart and bring it into your mind, as San Exubere… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment has nothing to do with physical knowledge. It is the experience of existence. Existence is infinite. There are countless universes and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I've lived in worlds where there are three or four suns. We had incredible sunsets, beautiful. But they weren't more beautiful than… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man -… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The mind is like a lake. It reflects eternity when it's very still. If ripples appear, lots of them, then the reflection… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Two people can be work at the same job, side by side. One person is working just for a paycheck. Another is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Oysters are more beautiful than any religion... There's nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster. — Hector Hugh Munro Copy Share Image
The rich aren't happy so they try and get richer thinking it will make a difference. The poor aren't happy. They try… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You don't have to take drugs to be happy. You don't have to drink to be happy. You don't have to have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In Hinduism and Buddhism, dharma has various connotations, but generally it means cheerfully fulfilling your moral and ethical duty. Doing the right… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
This same formula by which Buddhists so anti-rationalistically and anti-banausically describe the "relation" between soul and body also applies to the relation… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
