“According to Zen Buddhists, all things have their existence in The Void. The Void is that which is no-thing, but contains all… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
The main thing that attracts me to Buddhism is probably what attracts every artist to being an artist - that it's a… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
“Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We learn to avoid blocking others, interfering with others, because that will decrease our happiness, slow our vibratory rate and generally bring… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Breakdown of religious affiliation in the United States Christians: 78 percent Unaffiliated: 16 Muslims, Hindus, Folk religion, other: 3* Jews: 2 Buddhists 1 *all less than 1 percent” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love… — Jena Malone Copy Share Image
Anyone who seeks enlightenment is going to encounter opposition, whether it is from their society or from non-physical forces or friends or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is not only the end of suffering and of continuous conflict within and without, but also the end of the dreadful… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“The reality of nature, the reality of life is oneness. But we humans have such a strong egotistic nature. We are the… — Gyomay M Kubose Copy Share Image
We believe that we live in the 'age of information,' that there has been an information 'explosion,' an information 'revolution.' While in… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Harvey , Galileo , Copernicus do not seem occult to us, but they did so to their contemporaries, hierophants of the mysteries… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
“Appreciation and contentment, the ability to rejoice in all things large and small, is a major training of Buddhism. The Dharmapada says:… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
... many Hindus are willing to consider Jesus as a legitimate manifestation of the divine... many Buddhists see Jesus as one of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“The issue with desire is at the root of what it means to be human. There are major issues with how we… — Laura Dodsworth Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment, first of all, implies an insight into the nature of Self. It is an emancipation of mind from illusion concerning Self.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
I understand that words can mean different things to different people, and, further, that people can have different relationships with complex abstract… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Nearly everywhere Buddhism went, there had been a higher level of literacy, even in miserable Burma, not to mention Thailand and Sri… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
As an individual learns and practices higher meditation techniques, a tremendous volume of energy and creativity flows through them. If they direct… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You should always feel, no matter how many times you've meditated before, that this is your first meditation. You have no idea… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Miracles have a purpose. Miracles help people believe in enlightenment. The real miracle is the transformation of consciousness from limitation and pain… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If I were a child of Tibet or of Arabia, I suspect the path I'd walk would be the Buddhist path or… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
It's funny, people who have a lot of sexual energy think of themselves as being not spiritual. They are probably more spiritually… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We've done this before in other worlds, in other lives. It is our strength, law, medicine, entertainment, and computers, the networking of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Maybe what we really need is to change our relationship to what is, to see who we are with the strength of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“Many Buddhist temple priests regard their parishioners as possessions and fear their departure as a diminishing of assets.” — Kentetsu Takamori Copy Share Image
It's fun to go to a supermarket or a park or a shopping mall where human beings convene. They're so caught up… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Your state of mind dominates your awareness to such an extent that you can't conceive of any other state of mind other… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most people who have been enlightened in previous incarnations normally begin to regain their past-life enlightenment around the age of twenty-nine, when… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The problem with car insurance is that you never know how bad your policy is until you are involved in a car… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
You might have a warrior spirit in there somewhere, and it's just waiting for the opportunity to come out. If you do,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Our ancient sources of wisdom call on human beings to rise to their highest capacity and behave in extraordinarily open and generous… — Rodger Kamenetz Copy Share Image
“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for… — Michael Eggleston Copy Share Image
To me, this is from a Buddhist perspective or whatever, sometimes people who are working out their political beliefs, they can rage… — Mike White Copy Share Image
“As human beings, identity and self image are fused into the way we move and hold ourselves. Because even if we are… — Jane Hardjono Copy Share Image
“As long as we're in a state of confusion, overwhelmed by the three conflicting emotions, trapped in cyclic existence, we're not happy… — Ngagpa Yeshe Dorje Copy Share Image
Then another thing, now this is mainly for our interest about Tibet, our struggle. Whole struggle depend on within person. For dangerous.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“But to unite in a permanent religious institution which is not to be subject to doubt before the public even in the… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
