“Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“You know what the Buddhists say? Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Sexuality is the primary focus of our culture, and almost no one has come to resolve it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“If you are the one thing you think is right with the world then you are the problem. - Dharma ” — Sophie McKeand Copy Share Image
“Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be.” — Kathleen Dowling Singh Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is not a state of mind, yet all states of mind are contained within it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Purity is also developed in action. Purity is developed when we love. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist,… — Hafez Copy Share Image
If we do overcome linear time, I would hope this means dwelling more directly in the fertility of the imagination rather than… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The study of law, medicine and the arts, in each of these instances, the developed mindset is very helpful to one who… — 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
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
Each of the small enlightenments that a Zen practitioner has, which are known in Zen as "Satori experiences," provides deeper insights into… — 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
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
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
“For me, Buddhism is like a living organism. If it is to flourish outside self-enclosed ghettos of believers, it will have to… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Suzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism... We cannot be sufficiently grateful to… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Afghanistan, believed by anthropologists to be one of the original historical meeting places between the East and the West, has in fact… — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
“What do people think spiritual development is? It's not lights and trumpets. It's very simple. It's right here and now. People have… — Vicki Mackenzie Cave in the Snow Copy Share Image
In the midst of a culture that is rationally organized for a vocational workaday life, there is hardly any room for the… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
“They had a term, too, for that thing I did where something would bother me and I would immediately project forward to… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
We may have created this projection of what God should be, as this judge or test, but the fact is, the only… — Selma Blair Copy Share Image
“More and more obstacles seem to be other people's issues that form in the way of a hand to block one, to… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. — Zen Proverb Copy Share Image
Naturally, the Zen Master Rama philosophy is to have a high state of awareness and material success. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you really have humility when you love, there is only one thought: "What can I do for my beloved?" — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“A fearless heart is free of desire, a kind heart finds paradise everywhere.” — Alan Yuen Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is the moment when you are most alive and most compassionate.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Your Buddhism has made you mean Ray and makes you even afraid to take your clothes off for a simple healthy orgy — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
There's no point in getting frustrated at yourself. Just be truthful. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhism teaches us to be tolerant and accepting, but tolerance does NOT mean accepting what is harmful.” — Timber Hawkeye Copy Share Image
When we practice mindfulness, our nonphysical side merges with the nonphysical side of that which we are experiencing. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The more moral you pretend to be, the less moral you are; the less moral you try to be, the more moral… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The process is not simply of constructing a new tonal from scratch, but reordering the one you have. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“That's all there is, enlightenment on the end of a cock. It doesn't get any more Zen than that.” — Jaden Wilkes Copy Share Image
“he decided to appeal to the fairies for enlightenment. They are reputed to know a good deal.” — J.M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“Only when I see myself truly is Gautama Buddha is present in me.” — Gyomay M Kubose Copy Share Image
