If you’re truly present in this moment, then you are a Buddha. At least for this moment! — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind. — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you. — John Burdett Copy Share Image
“I wonder briefly whether a schizophrenic Buddhist would be At Two with the universe.” — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I had inadvertently brushed up against the Buddhist axiom, that enlightenment is the ultimate disappointment.” — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
The principles of Buddhism have become more commonplace, which is a good thing. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
The mystical kundalini is very different. It is a much more intense transformative energy which, when used, allows a person to make… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Power, people are obsessed with it. You can take a nice person and turn them into a slob, into an insane being,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There are parts of us that are miserable, that hate, that love, that are cruel, are kind, are reasonable, are unreasonable. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We are alive for a certain period of time in any given lifetime. We are competing against time. It is a race… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The later stages of the enlightenment process are trickier, and it is really essential to have a teacher then. You need correction,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you can command the nagual you have a great deal of power, and people know it intuitively. They feel if they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Beyond this life and This world I'll have it til My heart's content: The bright moon that passed over The horizon before… — Saigyo Copy Share Image
As [The Nation columnist Katha] Pollitt points out, when one starts looking beneath the surface of things and adding together the out-front… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
“When I was young, I lacked certainty, too,” he says. “I have the certainty, now, of not needing certainty. I have the… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Touch ultimate emptiness, Hold steady and still. All things work together: I have watched them reverting, And have seen how they flourish… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“Quotes By Transcendologist Kurt Kawohl 1941 - If the medieval practices and the medieval beliefs of Christianity, Judaism and Islam that are… — Kurt Kawohl Copy Share Image
Whether you look at Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism, wherever a distinction of sex is made, it is to the advantage… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
“This may be why Einstein once said; "Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“We too, must overcome our own Mara, those things that arise in our minds to try to become discouraged and give up… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
Life is an endless matrix of existence. And as you experience it in that pure form, that's what we call enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I personally don't subscribe to any particular cosmology or beleif system. I'm a seer. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
I’m not Buddhist, I’m not Hindu, I’m not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God, — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
The problem with love is attachment; love makes you dependent. Unattached love - you love for the hell of it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A person who follows the dharma is unpredictable because the dharma is unpredictable. — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad. — Jet Li Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha Gautama Buddha realized, balance is the key to enlightenment.” — Lee Vickers Copy Share Image
Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. — Matsuo Basho Copy Share Image
Humility doesn't mean hiding in the corner and pretending you are not strong. Humility means to be what you are. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Everything that can be and everything that cannot be exists somewhere. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Power is something that is abused. I suppose use and abuse are in the eye of the beholder. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhist teachings are meant to awaken our true self, not merely to add to our storehouse of knowledge. From” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is any experience of expanding our consciousness beyond its present limits. — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image