The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities. — Vic Braden Copy Share Image
I'm nothing special, just an ordinary human being. That's why I always describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you can ,be a Jesus Christ.But never be a Christian.If you can,be a Buddha.But never be a Buddhist. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Each of your excursions is balanced by the strengthening of the tonal. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Consider the way you speak and your use of language; it's a reflection of your warrior spirit. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Purity is very fragile when it takes physical manifestation. It is very, very strong in its original aspect. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Eating meat is a leftover of the greatest brutality [killing]; the transition to vegetarianism is the first and most natural consequence of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Very few people are conscious of the deeper strata of eternity. The primary reason is either because they lack purity or they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Have lots of plants in your house. Nature and plants understand something about stillness and silence. As you interact with the green… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Jewish Buddhist consuming the views of Christianity. Wonder if Hindus like to eat fish soup. If it's true, they should hit Alaska… — Mac Miller Copy Share Image
“The revolutionary idea that children have rights was born in the Enlightenment, but the practical application of that concept, in schools and… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
“So, without telling any of my Zen-snob buddies, I liked to pretend everything was the Pure Land, that my life was already… — Jaimal Yogis Copy Share Image
Trust yourself. Figure out everything you want, but then don't worry about it. It's all out of our hands. Just let life… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't judge your meditations. Don't rate them. The physical mind cannot tell how well you did. As long as you are sitting… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“For a practitioner of love and compassion, an enemy is one of the most important teachers. Without an enemy you cannot practice… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
“Faith is always coveted most and needed most urgently where will is lacking; for will, as the affect of command, is the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“They were the good old days. Don't give up hope in the bad new days, which will become the good old days.… — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
I"m often accused of being irreligious, and I suppose it's for this very reason. Whether it's Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism,… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
“We can move gradually from total confusion, dominated by hatred and other mental poisons, to an intermediate stage of serenity, altruistic joy,… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“ Machik thus maintains that what is conventionally referred to as a "god" is in fact the positive nature of reflexive awareness… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share Image
I remember a Buddhist teachers reflections on the Holocaust...What terrible karma those Jews mustve had... This kind of fundamentalism, which blames the… — David Loy Copy Share Image
I think I've learned more from women than anyone else, and perhaps from love - what a wonderful testing ground, what a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Perfection is not a final state. It is a state of mind. There are ten thousand states of mind. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice. — Dogen Copy Share Image
“Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.” — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A mantra is a thought. Use a mantra to help you still your mind initially and then move into silent meditation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
How do you become enlightened? I don't know: Luck, karma, skill, friends in high places, friends in low places. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
“In the light of Buddhist meditation, love is impossible without understanding.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
In reality, as any physicist will tell you, the physical world is made up of moving energy. All matter is energy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I was initiated as a Buddhist monk at the age of 19, but I think that initiation is simply a starting point. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that. — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Purity is innocence, the innocence of lack of self. Desire is innocent unless it's connected with self. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you love someone, you shouldn't feel that they should love in return. You have to give people freedom. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
He's a Catholic, a Hindy, an atheist, a Chein, a Buddhist, a Baptist and a Jew, and he knows, he shouldn't kill. — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
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