“After a week in front of the screen, the opportunity to work with my hands—with all my senses, in fact—is always a… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“There are major revolutions every few hundred years--humanity seems to depend on things being shaken up from time to time, to remind… — K.J. Wetherholt Copy Share Image
I am a warrior What I fight against is sensual gratification. I am a killer What I kill is ego. I am… — Abishek Bikram Shah Copy Share Image
“One needs to be more vitally conscious of what is happening now. This is not to deny the reality of past and… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
...I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
On a spiritual level, on a place where you want to be a better human being and listen more, I try. I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Since pure awareness of nowness is real Enlightenment, in openness and contentment I found the Truth in my heart. By simply relaxing… — Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Copy Share Image
During the late afternoon and early evening there is a specific dimension that interconnects with our physical world. This particular dimension can… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I asked the Dalai Lama what it was like to wake up with joy, and he shared his experience each morning. 'I… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Impartial, compassionate, brave, and understanding…these are the traits that come with putting the Noble Eightfold Path into practice. By following this path,… — Victoria Stoklasa Copy Share Image
The more we try and understand enlightenment the more it will elude us. And that's because enlightenment does not come from the… — Anita Moorjani Copy Share Image
“The most fundamental message of Gautama the Buddha is not God, is not soul... it is freedom: freedom absolute, total, unconditional. He… — Anthony Morganti Copy Share Image
Dharma is not about credentials. It's not about how many practices you've done, or how peaceful you can make your mind. It's… — Reginald Ray Copy Share Image
This study is not for the amateur. It's not for the dilettante. It's not for the cult follower. It's not for someone… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“...one had to expect very little—almost nothing—from life, Aaron knew, one had to be grateful, not always trying to seize the days… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“The Pāli term for "feeling" is vedanā , derived from the verb vedeti , which means both "to feel" and "to know".… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
Nature soothes us. Nature heals us, and something more, the woods are a place of power. Any woods that are still surviving… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We do not measure the value of a person by their outward appearance, rank, or creed, rather by the sum of the… — Guy T. Simpson Jr Copy Share Image
“The first principle is that the business should be successful: that it should make money. There is a belief prevalent in America… — Geshe Michael Roach Copy Share Image
“But someone may ask, is there any real reason why these sages, whether Buddhist or Stoic, should not recapture the soul of… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
“The fundamental conflict in the spiritual quest is that ego desires spiritual enlightenment, but ego can never achieve spiritual enlightenment. Self cannot… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
“Love requires learning to love ourselves in the mirror, and learning to look other people in the eye. Buddhism, in turn, asks… — Ethan Nichtern Copy Share Image
“A bird doesn’t attempt to swim, and a cat doesn’t attempt to fly. Yet both are completely content. Their dharma is anchored… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The parable of the gem in the robe is very short, only one paragraph long in the Murano translation. Yet in spite… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe anything simply because it is spoken of and… — Habib Sadeghi Copy Share Image
You may be Catholic or Protestant or Buddhist or Baptist or Muslim or Mormon or Jewish or Jain, or you have no… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“For most of us enlightenment is not a destination or graduation into a permanent higher state of consciousness, but a moment-by-moment experience… — Dr. Jennifer Howard "Your Ultimate Life Plan Copy Share Image
Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Each time the dharma moved into a different civilization or historical period, it faced a twofold challenge: to maintain its integrity as… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“We think that if we just meditated enough or jogged enough or ate perfect food, everything would be perfect. But from the… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“I was thirty years old before I had an actual thought. Everything up till then was either what Buddhists call “monkey-mind” chatter… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“And the Buddha pointed out that his confusion was justified, for 'the dharma is profound, difficult to see, difficult to understand, peaceful,… — David J. Kalupahana Copy Share Image
“Its mental discipline, however, is by far more fruitful, and keeps one's mind in equipoise, making one neither passionate nor dispassionate, neither… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“French Enlightenment philosophers liked to use slavery as a symbol of human oppression, and particularly political oppression. “Man is born free but… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
The whole quality of your life depends on your state of mind. There are very high states of mind that very few… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“But sharing does not mean wanting others to abandon their own spiritual roots and embrace your faith. That would be cruel. People… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Most human beings are completely out of touch with their spiritual nature and with the inner dimensions that exist within themselves. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“There was a small glass vase between us, three gladioli in a few ounces of water. One of the gladioli had dropped… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
What I was able to bring to the Christian part of it was the humanism and the humanistic point of view. It… — Ron Glass Copy Share Image
