Buddhism Quotes · Page 46

The nagual is the superconscious. It's nirvana. It's the unknown that cannot be explained or reasoned.

— Frederick Lenz

The kundalini flows upward. It also flows downward in different ways. It is quite complex, actually.

— Frederick Lenz

“When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.”

— Gautama Buddha

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

— Dogen

Everything that you see here, in other words, is a reflection of a higher reality.

— Frederick Lenz

You can be in a crowd full of friends and be miserable because you're alienated. The ego alienates.

— Frederick Lenz

“Anger spoils relationships where there should be great reciprocity.”

— Robert Thurman

I don't dictate particular styles of dress. I do teach classes in self discovery.

— Frederick Lenz

It's not going to be easy. It's the earth. What creates power in your life is when you perfect your mind, your…

— Frederick Lenz

Reincarnation is not what a lot of people think. Yes, we are eternal. No, everyone does not attain enlightenment; it's not necessary;…

— Frederick Lenz

As you do your daily meditations, your life will change. Most people change between the ages of zero to four. The older…

— Frederick Lenz

What is art is not likely to be decided for decades or longer after the work has been producedand then is often…

— Richard Condon

If you do well within this life, that awareness will be held within the causal structure, the part of us that lives…

— Frederick Lenz

Sometimes I feel like a Buddhist and I need to chant; sometimes a Baptist and I need to holler and shout; and…

— Jill Scott

“From human problems come human solutions, which in turn spawn inspiration, creativity, insight and enlightenment. Without life's problems, life would become stagnant,…

— Beth Johnson

Enlightenment is really worth seeking. It is the only thing that gives you permanent happiness. When you experience the ecstasy of enlightenment,…

— Frederick Lenz

I've always been fond of the idea expressed in Buddhist art, that there are certain objects that, just by seeing them, can…

— Alex Grey

“It occurs to me that the situation of the church in our society, perhaps the church everywhere always, is entrusted with a…

— Walter Brueggemann

“A Buddhist story is that a man came shouting angrily at Buddha, who remained unaffected by him. When questioned by others as…

— Bronnie Ware

“No matter what we do, each instant contains infinite choices. What we choose to think, to say or to hear creates what…

— Dorotea Brandin

Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's…

— Marianne Williamson

“there is found a third level of religious experience, even if it is seldom found in a pure form. I will call…

— Albert Einstein

If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a…

— Anonymous

One Mongolian leader became a very, very brutal dictator and eventually became a murderer. Previously, he was a monk, and then he…

— Dalai Lama

As you learn to love the company of the holy, your heart will become pure.

— Frederick Lenz

Meditation is a violent act of separation from mass consciousness and direct access to power.

— Frederick Lenz

The light is already there. In Zen Buddhism there's a little speck of dust on the mirror, and that's us.

— Frederick Lenz

Sex is like any other transaction, except that it is not like any other transaction.

— Frederick Lenz

“The greatest religion [dharma] is that we keep everyone pleased.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Choose the Path to Enlightenment over the path of least resistance”

— Brian Coletta

Redefine you. Oh God, life is so beautiful. Don't let it pass you by. Don't miss it. Don't miss it.

— Frederick Lenz

“Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.”

— Roger Zelazny

“Perfection itself is not the ultimate goal but the ultimate condition of life.”

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

The mystical kundalini is something that I normally use when we're on field trips, when we go to a place of power.

— Frederick Lenz

In the world order, if the nagual dominates and not the tonal, then we'll live in times of fear and superstition.

— Frederick Lenz

I must play my role, great or small - that is humility, without self-importance, without self-indulgence.

— Frederick Lenz

I really like the Buddhist philosophy but that doesn't mean that I am of the religion.

— Ricky Martin

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

— Alan Ball

Bow and offer your meditation to Eternity, as you would offer a Flower to your lover.

— Frederick Lenz

Next to meditation itself, I really can't think of anything more important than the development of your career.

— Frederick Lenz