Enlightenment is a perfect state of mind. It is the direct seeing of reality. The world most people see, which they call… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The calligraphy reads, “Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.” Listening to talks about the dharma, or the teachings of… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“[The Buddha] is not dividing himself into worthy and unworthy pieces; he is one being, indivisible, immune from the tendency to double… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
If you can be agreeable to each and every person or situation with which you come into contact - no matter how… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no human life or experience is to… — Taitetsu Unno Copy Share Image
A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
The buddha called suffering a holy truth, because our suffering has the capacity of showing us the path to liberation. Embrace your… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Eventually light prevails, you just have to be patient. So practice Buddhism, learn to be enlightened, put a smile on your face,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“the consciousnesses who have been directly associated with ideas of enlightenment or spiritual paths will often reach a point of the admission… — Master Teacher Copy Share Image
“When we stop loving, we embrace adharma. We judge, condemn and reject people. Invalidate them in hatred. We stop being generous. Like… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
“If there is a person of the highest grade of understanding, he may first of all learn the most profound, next the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment faith that things are getting a little bit better each decade becomes difficult to support. People recognized that there had… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
“Question : BELOVED MASTER, SHOULD ONE TRY TO BE RICH OR NOT? Osho : A rich life is something inner. And I… — Osho Copy Share Image
Apart from the underlying mystery of all things, there is also another possible specific mystery in this situation: Why did I become… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The internet can be enormously helpful, just like books can, but I don't think it's the be all and end all for… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“If a teacher or a so-called guru offers you enlightenment, tells you he has all the answers, claims his way is the… — karma yeshe rabgye Copy Share Image
There is wisdom in not letting anyone really know who you are or what you are like. If you define yourself, people… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am a liberated teacher. A person who meditates with me, even though they may be thousands of miles away, will draw… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Everything around us is shifting all the time. Energy is moving in all things. What gives energy a continuity, what creates a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You need your reason to pass through the world and also to experience the nagual, because if you become all nagual, we'll… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The way advanced meditation is taught, the way I teach it, the way all enlightened people teach it, is through transference. We… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am not into any religions. I have been mostly influenced by Eastern religions - Taoism, the essence of Hinduism and Buddhism.… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion… — Morris West Copy Share Image
Any mundane activity can become meditative. Digging a hole in the garden, planting new roses in the garden - you can do… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Everything you do in meditation is amplified. If you meditate for five minutes with your complete mind focused on happiness, that is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whatever you need will be provided. Eternity takes care of everything perfectly. So never want for that which you do not have;… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?" — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The higher octave light that comes from samadhi, the kundalini of samadhi, this you can absorb continuously. You can never overload. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Matter is fun for a while; but ultimately, it is the spiritual experience where we leap beyond what we know- that is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Deluded beings think that if they get in a battle with a Zen Master or with a Don Juan, that it's going… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While 'Buddhism' suggests another belief system, 'dharma practice' suggests a course of action. The four ennobling truths are not propositions to believe;… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“But I wish to be enlightened.' 'Let me caution you against it.' 'Is enlightenment on the subject, then, so terrible?' 'Yes, indeed.'… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
The sensual experiences in life are not to be avoided. This is the philosophy of Tantric Buddhism - nor are they particularly… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The kundalini is the life force; it is the essential energy of existence. It is the hidden ingredient in life. It is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Thinking is usually a waste of time and energy, since thinking is essentially a rehashing of what we already know. As a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Two of the most powerful of these power places are located in the Boston and Los Angeles areas. Highly evolved souls tend… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“The perfect man, for the pagans, was the perfection of the man that exists; for Christians, the perfection of the man that… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“Buddham Saranam Gocchami, I take refuge in the Buddha, Sangham, I take refuge in the church, Dhammam, I take refuge in the… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
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