If we get too caught up in the rhetoric of meditation, we will miss the point. The point was to go beyond… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Tragedy brings us closer to ourselves - it's the only thing that does. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The Buddhadharma is not, however, associated with the practice of being a candy-ass.” — Susan Piver Copy Share Image
What is enlightenment, anyway? I don't know if I can really put it into words, perhaps you can. I can't. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You don't have to do anything to meditate. That's what makes it so difficult. Everybody wants to do something. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat. — Jet Li Copy Share Image
Visualize the soft white light continuing to expand as it gently swirls around, until it has filled the earth, the sky, the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I don't want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You see, that's the fun of Buddhism. We do have a wild card in the deck that can't be explained, that changes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You are not seeking to attain some future state. That is the fallacy of many spiritual seekers. They have an image of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is not an attainment, it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes.” — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Happiness only comes when you let go of who you think you are. If you think you're wealthy and powerful and noble… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Focus your awareness on the heart chakra. As you do, you will feel your consciousness shifting. You may feel different perceptions of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Certain drugs provide brief excursions into altered states of consciousness. The problem is that the perceptions and understandings that come from these… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found… — Taitetsu Unno Copy Share Image
I think real enlightenment is total sanity, a kind of acceptance of what actually is. It does involve a kind of different… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“Children I implore you get out of the burning house now three carts wait outside to save you from a homeless life… — Han-shan Copy Share Image
As a former English professor, I can assure you that grammar is the qualitative interpolation of language. Adjectives, pronouns, predicates, past pluperfect… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Let our lives be firmly rooted in Truth. Abstain from lies. In this dark age of materialism, adherence to truth is the… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Jesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I may discuss contemporary cinema, how to shop at a mall without losing energy, how to use the power of mind to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you… — Lorne Ladner Copy Share Image
