You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake. — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Every time you find yourself becoming angry, jealous or frustrated, stop and think the opposite thought. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In this world, there is a fine line between enlightenment and brain damage. — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
To think that this is the only universe, that the physical creation is all there is, these are the dogmas of our… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“Buddhism, which does not center on a god, but rather on a human who said suffering arises from craving.” — FastReads Copy Share Image
I could justify violence only in this extreme case, to save the last living knowledge of Buddhism itself. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
There is no point in being a responsible member of society, nor is there any point in being an irresponsible member of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“They use a training manual instead of sacred scriptures, with promotion and a high salary as their equivalent of enlightenment and paradise.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I believe that dialogue is the key to breaking through our tendency to separate and isolate. Dialogue changes isolation and loneliness into… — Vinessa Shaw Copy Share Image
As you gain more discipline over your body, you will find that a corollary discipline will develop in the mind because the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Too often in the west we fail to realize that even in eastern disciplines the spiritual life is not meant as an… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Looking for enlightenment is like looking for a flashlight when all you need the flashlight for is to find the flashlight. — Lew Welch Copy Share Image
Once we have conceived of time and space, once we have accepted their existence, then that implies that there is a structural… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
“You've got a lifetime to mull over the Buddhist understanding of interconnectedness. But while you were looking out the window, you missed… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Zen is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism. It was brought to China roughly 15 centuries ago, in 6 CE. Zen was brought… — Alexis G. Roldan Copy Share Image
“ Estou me referindo ao que, na sabedoria milenar do yoga, é conhecido como dharma – a lei universal que rege a… — Sri Prem Baba Copy Share Image
The liberals of the eighteenth century, guided by the ideas of natural law and of the Enlightenment, demanded for everyone equality of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Imperialism has not allowed us to achieve historical normality,’ Octavio Paz lamented in The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950). Paz was surveying the… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I think that there are no forces on this planet more dangerous to us all than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism, of all… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
“Cause and effect, in the Buddhist sense, though. Any action you undertake creates a seed that will sprout when the conditions are… — Jacquie Underdown Copy Share Image
The ego seeks fame and fortune. Humility doesn't seek at all - it accepts. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
It is necessary to have a strong focus. Work will give you that focus. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Kundalini is almost a misleading word, unless you define it as broadly as I do. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things. — Yuanwu Keqin Copy Share Image
Perception is, in essence, who we are. We are what we perceive. What we perceive defines who we are. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's an exciting adventure to give those things that you've always held onto. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The means and the results, the good and the bad, are within all of us who are aware and care. — Suman Jyoty Bhante Copy Share Image
Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
As long as it's a world, it has laws. Why, I don't know, it's just the way it is. In Nirvana, there… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism has helped me understand my defects and has given me the tools to combat them. — Roberto Baggio Copy Share Image
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