Self-discover is not as someone would have us think, a heavy, awesome, moral process where everyone sits around and frowns. As you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“A young Buddhist frog took a leap, Into some traffic, "Beep, Beep!" He sprung from his feet, Jumping into the street, And… — Lennie Peterson Copy Share Image
To become completely aware is the journey of enlightenment. There is pain in it and suffering. But you already have those things… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As Buddhist monks, our task is to bring ourselves resolutely more and more into light, to forgive and forget, to forget those… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment consists not merely in the seeing of luminous shapes and visions, but in making the darkness visible. The latter procedure is… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
When you go to a power place, if you are receptive, if you are able to quiet your thoughts and concentrate, a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Humanity actually has the gall to feel they are more advanced than they were; technology somehow defines intelligence. If technology enables you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You stand on the edge of eternity, with a vista that is so incredible, so powerful, so perfect that it's overwhelming. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
"Moksha" is really a satire of myself. I've always been interested in Eastern spirituality. I'm particularly interested in enlightenment and the spiritual… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
“One of my friends who leads meditation retreats honors the Asian habit, as I do, of bowing to the image of the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Therefore the Buddha for a temporary purpose made these (uninitiated) observe the Five Precepts similar to the Five Virtues[FN#327] of the outside… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the… — U Thant Copy Share Image
“Thus it is that four strangers sit in the red chairs, strip off their socks, plunge their feet into the ink-baths, and… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“From The Twelve Enlightenments Observe your own body. It breathes. You breathe when you are asleep, when you are no longer conscious… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The five points of yama, together with the five points of niyama, remind us of the Ten Commandments of the Christtian and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a world of deaf, dumb and blind people out there, who are shuffling through their lives, not knowing how wonderful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the Buddhist learning process, we say three stages. The first is hearing, the second is contemplation, and the third is meditation. — Lobsang Tenzin Copy Share Image
Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary times, to be of present, nothing-but-the-present,… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your… — Jim Benson Copy Share Image
Happiness is something that you don't postpone. If you are postponing happiness - it is something you will probably never experience much… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I consider those persons to be my students who come and meditate with me on a regular basis, who, in spite of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Occasionally at a Center Meeting, not that often, every couple of months, I'll break down and demonstrate a little mystical kundalini; but… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you meditate and continue to have fun with yoga and Buddhism, you will amass knowledge and will move to a higher… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can live in the world and have all the myriad experiences that life has to offer and yoke your awareness field… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A teacher of knowledge and power gives you experiences in other dimensions. They show you that the universe is much bigger and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by Buddhism. I adore Buddhism, and I read about it all the time, but I haven't formally become a Buddhist,… — John Burdett Copy Share Image
The dialectical change of mind that occurs in Buddhism is not simply the assimilation of a new philosophical basis or religious basis… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing and achieving,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Whenever you take the time to inspire someone, to aid them in their inner search, you'll find energy will come back to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The spirit longs for the world of light from which it came. That longing causes something to happen. It causes the being… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A great deal of humility is necessary in the process of self-discovery. Humility is the ability to accept what and who you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It may seem unrealistic to think we can ever become free from hatred, but Buddhists have systematic methods for gradually developing a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“I never believed in dharma. karma, reincarnation, or any of that spiritual crap, which caused sort of a problem growing up because… — Sonia Singh Copy Share Image
It is only when you realize that you are mortal and yet immortal simultaneously that you begin to realize that the beautiful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The important thing to remember is to follow the path of light. As the fictional character Yoda, from Star Wars, correctly pointed… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My idea for a Buddhist video game: No guns. Self-immolate instead. Get reincarnated. Repeat until you find Nirvana. Takes forever to play. — Dan Spencer Copy Share Image
A certain amount of the kundalini is always floating through the ida and the pingala. These two little nerve tubes, on either… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Free yourself from happiness and unhappiness. Realize there is something beyond both and yet, revel in your time, revel in this world. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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