It has been my experience as a teacher over the years and incarnations that what really counts are not techniques. What really… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The old Atlantean sciences from the tribe of enlightenment, of which there are only a few remnants and chards left in this… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
“You are not limited to this body, to this mind, or to this reality—you are a limitless ocean of Consciousness, imbued with… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To feel that you are the Buddha of all times and places and that in some way the salvation of anyone, including… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“... the four noble truths: that there is suffering, that it has an origin, that there is a cessation of suffering, and… — Sid Brown Copy Share Image
What is perfection anyway in the physical? It is an idea we have. When it doesn't happen we get all bent out… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The best thing that you can do to deal with these high speed times is to slow down, inwardly, to take a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you should be concentrated on what you do.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“... But these skeptics are only selectively skeptical. They think themselves enlightened for resisting all this new proof and remaining steadfast in… — Ken Ilgunas Copy Share Image
“We cannot learn if we are stuck in our mind’s conditioned way of thinking. We must be open to discovering the Truth,… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Mark you, no Krishna can clear your eyes and make you look with a broader vision upon life in your march upward… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“When one of the emperors of China asked Bodhidharma (the Zen master who brought Zen from India to China) what enlightenment was,… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“The core teachings of Buddhism stand in distinct contradiction to Hinduism. Whereas Hinduism believes that evil does not exist and is an… — Ed Hindson Copy Share Image
Meditation is coming back to your original self, if we can use self without a sense of self. It's perfect, clear light,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most people want to make maximum money for minimum work, and that does not result in a happy life. Work does not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The Buddha achieved enlightenment as he sat under the spreading limbs of the Bodhi tree, breathing in and out in silence, as… — Nalini M. Nadkarni Copy Share Image
At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This… — Hakuin Ekaku Copy Share Image
What is art is not likely to be decided for decades or longer after the work has been producedand then is often… — Richard Condon Copy Share Image
If you do well within this life, that awareness will be held within the causal structure, the part of us that lives… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Reincarnation is not what a lot of people think. Yes, we are eternal. No, everyone does not attain enlightenment; it's not necessary;… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As you do your daily meditations, your life will change. Most people change between the ages of zero to four. The older… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's not going to be easy. It's the earth. What creates power in your life is when you perfect your mind, your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This culture seems to be so obsessed with sexuality, the good and the bad of it. Every advertisement, every preacher, everybody's concerned,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you are not following dharma, then you will not be at peace. You will not be happy. The simplest things will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“If a man purposely does me wrong,” a Buddhist says, “I will return him my ungrudging love; the more evil comes from… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Patriarchy is connected to greed, a symptom of a larger force that can only be dispelled through kindness and love. It's basic… — Peter Buffett Copy Share Image
The rhythm of life is give and take. It is necessary to put things back into the system. To not do that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Zen we strive to bring both the mind and the body into perfect combination, so that there is no intrinsic difference… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A teacher had two types of students. One type of student is a close student. The other is also a close student,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The heart chakra is located in the center of your chest. Hold your right or left hand out. Now say "Me" and,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's many kinds of kundalini, just as there's a spectrum of light. Put light through a prism and you get different gradations.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can just sweep the floor generally and gain nothing from it. Or you can figure out the best way to sweep… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is only hard work that brings about results, doing things for others. Forget about your problems. Take responsibility for your life… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We really have to get going," Sam said. "Can we leave the car here and pick it up later?" The monk said,… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
If you are trying to aid people in the process of self-discovery, what you have to do is confound them with so… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Only a development of thought achieved through the self-education of the whole man can prevent any body of thought whatsoever from becoming… — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
