I came to California in 1970 and so many people were asking if I was a Buddhist or knew Zen theory, asking… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
What you focus on you become. So always focus on that which is highest, brightest, happiest and most noble of all things,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
It is best to study from a teacher of ANY subject, as long as you focus on the teachings and NOT on… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
During the centuries-long process of Reformation and Enlightenment, Christian churches had to accept some things they didn't like. Islam will have to… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
Buddhism has existed forever, just like we have, and occasionally it's codified; it's put together into a system by someone who likes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Scientology, Buddhism, the Kabbalah... if it makes people's lives better, and easier, then I'll do it. Why not? People scoffed at Christianity… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
“The Mahabharata reminds us that it is natural and desirable for human beings to want happiness and pleasure as they seek to… — Gurcharan Das Copy Share Image
For me, wellbehaved books with neat plots and worked-out endings seem somewhat quaint in the face of the largely incoherent reality of… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to express some of the most profound teachings of interdependence and emptiness I've ever heard. With… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
At least in popular parlance, what makes religious folks religious today is not so much that they believe in Jesus' divinity or… — Stephen Prothero Copy Share Image
“[Beings with such realization] do not behold sentient beings, but great compassion still flowers in them. They do not behold themselves either,… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
I'm not [a Buddhist]. The whole point of anything that is really, truly valuable to your soul, and your own growth, is… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“The Buddha, Christ and Mohammed had to rely on God and karma and human priests for judgement; we don’t. We have data.… — Yudhanjaya Wijeratne Copy Share Image
“Buddha is someone with a very advanced self-concept. His self-esteem is perfect; he has gone beyond doubt; he knows, and he is… — Joy Manne Copy Share Image
The deeper side of the study occurs on levels of attention your mind is not aware of, but that your superconscious mind… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While confronting the problems of the present, I often find myself thinking back to the world of books as it was experienced… — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
There comes a time when a race of beings makes a decision. When they chose to reject enlightenment, it's the end of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It doesn't pay to listen much to what human beings have to say in their evaluation of you, since they don't evaluate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Chomsky reminds us of the conversations about education that took place during the Enlightenment and that continue to shape our education system… — Loren Mayshark Copy Share Image
It's very important for the coming times to have a sound economic base and to be as mobile as possible. The energy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment ideas gave legitimacy to this long-held racist “partiality,” the connection between lightness and Whiteness and reason, on the one hand, and… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
There's a source, there's a perennial source from which all things come forth. We call it the Godhead, Nirvana, the Tao, enlightenment.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Spiritual balance is tai chi. It is the center of things. It is the place where yin and yang meet. In the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you visit the Zen Monasteries, one of the first things required is that you bring a donation. They have to pay… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Everything is stuck together. People are stuck together. They can't change. Ideas are stuck together - they're irrevocable. We think that the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
The ghetto is not where you live. The ghetto is inside your mind. And anyone who tells you that you can't get… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What is Tantric Zen? Well, I don't think I can give you a straight answer, since I don't happen to be a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Kundalini can be transmitted. A person who is very adept at the enlightenment process can transmit it. Whether you feel it or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
I just felt that it was my responsibility, since so many people had taken the time to help me along, to do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Use the practice of mind and body; in order to make those moves perfectly, you have to pull your mind out of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no end and there is no beginning. There is only eternity. Eternity can be warm. eternity can be cold and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It’s a tiresome proposition, having to take up the work of the Enlightenment all over again, but it’s happened on your watch.” — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
The reasons why I left were to do with my interest in Buddhism. There were experiences over a period of about six… — Jamie Muir Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, Buddhism is for the awakenment and benefit of beings. So, you can't say, "Oh, you can't have it because you're not… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
“Where would I find enough leather To cover the entire surface of the earth? But with leather soles beneath my feet, It’s… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
“Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
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