“By suffering, one is shown a path to awareness. Along that path is where we are truly born. When we choose to… — VD Copy Share Image
Look at how beautiful life is, and just keep looking until you see it. You don't see what is in front of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
You can make all the changes to the island of the tonal you want, you can take excursions into the nagual, but… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Experience is a great teacher. You will have to go through the trials and tribulations and the ecstasies and abandoned moments of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Tragedy enlightens - and it must, in that it points the heroic finger at the enemy of man's freedom. The thrust for… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“Amida's unimpeded light is the sun of wisdom that destroys the mind of darkness. (Preface in Teaching, Practice, Faith, Enlightenment)” — Kentetsu Takamori Copy Share Image
I was raised Catholic, but then I discovered Buddhism, and I used to have a boyfriend who was a Scientologist, and they… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
“Exactly. I think the original tantric Buddhists took notice of was some very wise old people who never studied in their youth,… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share Image
“It is the Great Ones, the masters of life, whose light illumines the pathway, even at its commencement, and grows brighter with… — G. de Purucker Copy Share Image
At a personal level, as a Buddhist practitioner, I deliberately visualize and think about death in my daily practice. Death is not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Moderate Islam? That's a contradiction. It's going to be a long time before we see a new Koran, an equivalent to the… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
“Many of us have set out on the path of enlightenment. We long for a release of self-hood in some kind of… — Andrew Boyd Copy Share Image
“our most problematic dualism is not life fearing death but a fragile sense-of-self dreading its own groundlessness, according to Buddhism. By accepting… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
Here's an example: someone says, "Master, please hand me the knife," and he hands them the knife, blade first. "Please give me… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
They had the same fears that you have, the same aggressive tendencies and the same attachments, but they were freed in time… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The mind is a temple of knowledge, the heart is a temple of understanding, and the soul is a temple of wisdom;… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
Bodh Gaya is a land of enlightenment. Years ago, what Bodh Gaya got was Siddhartha but what Bodh Gaya gave to the… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
You see two people together. They're in a relationship. It's really power that holds those people together. And when the designs of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Buddhist practice a great deal of time is spent practicing mandala meditation. You learn to visualize and hold simultaneous concepts in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Just because I'm choosy about what I want - in this case, enlightenment, or peace, instead of money or prestige or fame… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the beginning we define what is spiritual. But as you go on, you see that everybody and everything is an instrument… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The world is filled with people who understand. I personally value people who don't understand. People who understand have nothing more to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We cannot achieve personal enlightenment – a clarification of our souls – until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Some people travel to other dimensions in their astral bodies when they meditate. But astral traveling doesn't bring a person lasting happiness.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The purpose of enlightenment is certainly not the teacher, nor is it you. It doesn't have a purpose. Enlightenment simply exists. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Suffering led the Buddha to enlightenment, and it may cause us, against our will, to grow in compassion, awareness, and possibly eventually… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
In a few short years you might have to become a scuba diver and go hundreds of feet underwater - It will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“There are no perfect human beings and even those who we pray such as Allah, Buddha, Jesus, Krishna among others, were not… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
“He considered China’s interference in Korea to be an intolerable attempt to prevent the spread of enlightenment, and the war itself not… — Donald Keene Copy Share Image
The obvious answer to money is to have tons of it - simply figure out how to make more money than you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Does Christ commend the famous 'apathy' of the Stoic or the Buddhist elimination of desire? Far from it. The issue is not… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
You need to have the humility to accept your limitations as long as they're there, and have the humility to accept their… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Once in a while an enlightened teacher goes out into the world and spreads the dharma. They attract some attention, and it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“[A] person is formed from a continuum of words and actions over time and cannot be reduced to a fixed “self” that… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Watch out for negative power places on the earth, if you can "see" they are reddish and they twist your feelings. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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