Buddhism Quotes · Page 38

If you act impetuously, it will be uncertain, and you'll know it. It just won't feel right. It is better to wait.

— Frederick Lenz

Every person who sees you physically evaluates you and projects energy towards you based upon the way you've dressed.

— Frederick Lenz

You can go through hundreds of lifetimes in one, and it all starts with daily meditation practice.

— Frederick Lenz

Wisdom is something that seeks itself. The wiser you become the more you'd like to know.

— Frederick Lenz

A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.

— Alan Watts

Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment.

— Nikola Tesla

“Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are.”

— Allan Lokos

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

— Buddha

A teacher had two types of students. One type of student is a close student. The other is also a close student,…

— Frederick Lenz

The heart chakra is located in the center of your chest. Hold your right or left hand out. Now say "Me" and,…

— Frederick Lenz

There's many kinds of kundalini, just as there's a spectrum of light. Put light through a prism and you get different gradations.…

— Frederick Lenz

It is only hard work that brings about results, doing things for others. Forget about your problems. Take responsibility for your life…

— Frederick Lenz

You can just sweep the floor generally and gain nothing from it. Or you can figure out the best way to sweep…

— Frederick Lenz

We really have to get going," Sam said. "Can we leave the car here and pick it up later?" The monk said,…

— Christopher Moore

If you are trying to aid people in the process of self-discovery, what you have to do is confound them with so…

— Frederick Lenz

With the power of one's will we stop thought and move into alternate forms of perception. We gain that power through practicing…

— Frederick Lenz

You are a Buddha, and so is everyone else. I didn't make that up. It was the Buddha himself who said so.…

— Nhat Hanh

Buddha was speaking about reality. Reality may be one, in its deepest essence, but Buddha also stated that all propositions about reality…

— Dalai Lama

“The extraction of discrete parts of Chöd teachings from their broader philosophical contexts is symptomatic of how Chöd has been incorporated into…

— Michelle Sorensen

“Slowly, slowly, his soul was filled with bitterness at the fact that he had stood a step away from enlightenment, from the…

— Dmitry Glukhovsky

“Karl Marx famously called religion 'the opiate of the masses'. Buddhism, particularly as it is popularly practiced, promises improvement through karma. Islam…

— John Green

“Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the…

— Frank Herbert

When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,…

— Pema Chodron

Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle…

— Laozi

Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment. Move the ego aside and be still, open, clear, bright and fully conscious.

— Frederick Lenz

“When did you last unravel the knots in your intestines by feeding only the emotions your stomach needs? - Dharma ”

— Sophie McKeand

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment.

— Nhat Hanh

Whenever anybody does well spiritually, I usually ignore them. It's the greatest compliment I can pay them.

— Frederick Lenz

When someone compliments you, listen, but don't believe it. Praise or blame are immaterial. You know what you are.

— Frederick Lenz

There are thousands of mantras. Everyone has favorites. I prefer three - Aum, Sring, and Kring.

— Frederick Lenz

I have not in this lifetime yet met one person who earnestly seeks enlightenment in the West. Not one person.

— Frederick Lenz

The nagual gives you the unknown; it gives you reality; it leads you to the totality of yourself.

— Frederick Lenz

Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.

— Sharon Salzberg

If the Buddhist's job is to be detached, I think that the artist's job is to be both detached and attached.

— Gerald Stern

If you meditate you will be able to find new ways to utilize your career and the routines of daily life.

— Frederick Lenz

If you wish to cultivate humility, then you should associate with those who are humble.

— Frederick Lenz

“It is a great mistake to say ”Conquer it,” for we can never conquer nature; we can only harmonize with it.”

— Gyomay M. Kubose

To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

— Gautama Buddha

“in mysterious ways.” The big change in Buddhism is that it tries to define that problem and, instead”

— Dominique Francon

To see them succeed, to see them improve, that is what matters.

— Frederick Lenz