“Smartass Disciple: Master, please show me the way to the enlightenment. Master of Stupidity: Walk with me! [but I won't let you… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
The great achievement of Western culture since the Enlightenment is to make many of us peer over the wall and grant some… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having… — Raimon Panikkar Copy Share Image
And finally, be assured that Zen asks nothing even as it promises nothing. One can be a Protestant Zen Buddhist, a Catholic… — Howard Fast Copy Share Image
“To know others is wisdom; To know yourself is enlightenment; To master others requires force; To master yourself requires true strength.” — Lao-Tzu Copy Share Image
Have a wonderful sense of humor, particularly about yourself and your own situation. Yet don't simply laugh. Work to change and improve… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As your meditation practice improves from month to month, more and more light and ecstasy will spill over into the moments of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Purity is essential for just your own peace of mind; otherwise, you'll go through this world like a mad person, howling and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“consider," replies the geomancer, "--adam and eve ate fruit from a tree, and were enlighten'd. the buddha sat beneath a tree, and… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I don't personally believe in an arrived state of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Waterlilies always come in Buddhist sculpture. The Buddhas all stand on lotus pedestals, because the lotus is grown from the mud. The… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
“He invited the Indian scholar Paramartha to come and set up a Translation Bureau for Buddhist texts, and the scholar stayed for… — Eliot Weinberger Copy Share Image
“We only suffer when we falsely identify with the objects that arise in our awareness, rather than with the awareness itself—when we… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
I have taken special interest in these accounts [of UFOs].. I think there may be substance to some of these reports... I… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
What led me to my science and what fascinated me from a young age was the, by no means self-evident, fact that… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
We are transmuting the reality of our perceptual field. There are endless, beautiful and perfect universes - or you can go beyond… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The last great poem has already been written and will continue to write itself until you accept that you are the author… — Sophie McKeand Copy Share Image
I understand your higher and lower tendencies. There is something beyond all of this nonsense. There is a wonderful glitter that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Any individual is capable of realizing the truth at any time. No tradition is necessary, no chain, no lineage. Once you have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“If ever you're getting a dog, Francis, make sure it's a Buddhist. Good-natured dogs, the Buddhists. Never, never get a Mahommedan. They'll… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
When you meditate, you focus to clear the mind and to bring the willpower together. But then, toward the end of the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Become conscious of what you think during the day. A negative thought will enter you. At first it will be vague, innocuous,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't occur by accident. It is a deliberate decision that someone makes again and again. It is something you grow into… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You have developed the second attention much more than you realize and you use it more than you realize as a woman.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As we slam you with more and more devastating blows of the nagual, at the same time, we strengthen and clear the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mindful and creative, a child who has neither a past, nor examples to follow, nor value judgments, simply lives, speaks and plays… — Arnaud Desjardins Copy Share Image
Try to find a teacher of meditation and meditate at least once a week in a group with people who meditate a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My favorite cause is the enlightenment of others. I think that is the best place to put money. You get the highest… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Our task and challenge as human beings is to appreciate, in the same instant, both the infinite significance and absolute insignificance of… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
As a writer, I am an intellectual. I believe in the ideals of the Enlightenment, I believe in the written word, in… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
There is mental conditioning in your mind put in there during this life by your parents, teachers, the society. You've been told… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Anywhere in the world, any day of the week, in 192 countries and territories worldwide, one can find an SGI Buddhist meeting… — Vinessa Shaw Copy Share Image
“When you have experienced the depth of your inner self, the idea of enlightenment is no longer a goal to strive towards,… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
Tonight I have inundated you with the mystical kundalini. Now, of course, I'm moving into the supra-conscious; it's kind of a doubleheader… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Terrorism is perpetrated by individuals and cannot be blamed on any one religion, be it Sikhism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Christianity. — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
To me, the most important thing is to tell a good story. If I can do that, I think that enlightenment, respect… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
Select companions who are striving for enlightenment. They all have their imperfections, certainly, but at least their attention is moving in the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
![“Smartass Disciple: Master, please show me the way to the enlightenment. Master of Stupidity: Walk with me! [but I won't let you try to surpass me].” quote by Toba Beta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/toba-beta-105_buddhism_smartass-disciple-master-please-show-me_3062568.jpg)
![“I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having ceased to be a Christian.” quote by Raimon Panikkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/raimon-panikkar-61262_buddhism_i-left-europe-for-india-as-a-christian-i_140172.jpg)
![“I have taken special interest in these accounts [of UFOs].. I think there may be substance to some of these reports... I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding UFOs and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment on this subject.” quote by Gerald R. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/gerald-r-ford-2628_accounts_i-have-taken-special-interest-in-these-a_3191645.jpg)
