“Two of Epicurus’s early influences, Democritus and Pyrrho, had actually journeyed all the way to what is now India, where they had… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Real happiness is something most people never know. What we experience in deep meditation, that ecstasy is beyond what human beings call… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
If you seek to change your life and attain enlightenment, you must deal with these questions. If there is no truth in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
How do you overcome the negative karmas and problems and misery that occur to people who abuse power? You stop abusing power. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One, who studies the ways of power, seeks to end the imprinting process because in imprinting we loser power, we lose attention;… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The description you have been given of the world is an aberrant one. It does not accept and give proper place to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I mean somebody could write another book and say Brad's idea about Buddhism and sex is wrong, and here's mine, and that… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“The secret of enlightenment is the absolute, unequivocal conviction that it exists. What does that mean? It means you have discovered an… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
“Mind is pure and bright in its essence. It is always free from passions and mean desires, just as the sun is… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
You can call it tathata, suchness. 'Suchness' is a Buddhist way of expressing that there is something in you which always remains… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Committing myself to the task of becoming fully human is saving my life now...to become fully human is something extra, a conscious… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The teaching of the buddhas is: Find time and a place to remain unoccupied. That's what meditation is all about. Find at… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Almost every culture has its own version of “forty days and forty nights,” where some young person is sent into the wilderness… — Gary Sizer Copy Share Image
“Life is a groundless ground: no sooner does it appear, than it disappears, only to renew itself, then immediately break up and… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Since there were others, a long time ago, who were kind enough to give me a hard time and allow me to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Most difficult is the adharma (non-religion, to do what is unrighteous), the least difficult is dharma (religion, to do what is righteous)… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Sit down and get out a piece of paper and start making lists. Ask yourself, are you in harmony with the things… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no future. There is only now, a continuous now. We have become so wrapped up in the past and the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Remember that it's never a crime in the face of humanity and enlightenment to distribute the works of the great humanists among… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
Perception is the ability to be conscious of self and that which is other than self. Without thinking about it, a distinction… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
From the point of view of enlightenment, none of this has ever even been. All time and space, all the conditions that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
“A scientist must be a traveller, an explorer. Knowledge comes from experience. ... The path to enlightenment is never linear.” — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
If the chi is being wasted by useless activities, emotions and associations that drain us, then we don't have enough power when… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Until we heal the root cause of our suffering, and awaken to our true nature, our inherent confusion will continue to manifest… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
I have seen people who practice yoga and Buddhism who are scared to death of the sorcery powers of others. This is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Obsessing over details and bringing a Buddhist level of focus to a narrow assortment of offerings sets Apple apart from its competitors.” — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
The problem is that the Enlightenment dream may make too many demands on poor African apes like us. We may just not… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe-… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Anyone has the ability, if they choose, to move to the higher end of the state of mind they are in. From… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When your mind is flooded with the pure light of nirvana, which is happiness itself, you will be delighted with whatever occurs… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One function of the intellect is to catalog. But cataloging doesn't change anything. If we call it a rose, or by any… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Lord Krishna says, “Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten, I manifest myself. I am born in age after… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not a preacher, but I preach. I'm not a Buddhist, but I chant. I'm not race theorist, but I have questions… — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
We are taught not to perceive but to avoid direct perceptions of reality and to substitute instead this kind of one-dimensional view… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You know the Buddhists believe that sometimes when everything is in turmoil, it's because something wonderful is ready to be born and… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
The quality of time actually changes throughout the day and night. Some dimensions are more time-specific, in that they only interact with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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