“Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.” — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice. — Dogen Copy Share Image
A mantra is a thought. Use a mantra to help you still your mind initially and then move into silent meditation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
How do you become enlightened? I don't know: Luck, karma, skill, friends in high places, friends in low places. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
In reality, as any physicist will tell you, the physical world is made up of moving energy. All matter is energy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In the light of Buddhist meditation, love is impossible without understanding.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Certainly, I am aware that there have been a number of articles written about me and television shows in which I have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Honestly admitting what you lost and not trying to rationalize it or push it off is an important step in self-assessment and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you draw from the endless awareness of nirvana, you are no longer a slave to fortune. When pleasant experiences come your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If this is the only life, then everything assumes too great an importance. We have to get everything out of life and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Happiness is not dependent on experience. What you experience shouldn't make you happy or unhappy when you know how to be happy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A way of spreading the dharma is just telling people, sharing with them your experiences. Never push it, never be a missionary.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Humans have the choice of being reborn, While they have no conscious memory when the're reborn, they tend to reconnect with the… — Joey W. Hill Copy Share Image
All beings have lived and died and been reborn countless times. Over and over again they have experienced the indescribable Clear Light.… — Padmasambhava Copy Share Image
“Historically, Buddhist monks hoping to detach themselves from lust and curb their desire for permanence would meditate on the form of a… — Caitlin Doughty Copy Share Image
'Every facet of our lives should be directed towards the goal of better understanding of ourselves and our relationship to each other,… — Nita Siegman Copy Share Image
“Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Faith does not protect you. Medicine and airbags... Those are the things that protect you. God does not protect you. Intelligence protects… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
It's interesting to see what's going on with physics these days because they're starting to come out with stuff that sounds remarkably… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image