Experience is a great teacher. You will have to go through the trials and tribulations and the ecstasies and abandoned moments of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can make all the changes to the island of the tonal you want, you can take excursions into the nagual, but… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Happiness is not dependent on experience. What you experience shouldn't make you happy or unhappy when you know how to be happy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A way of spreading the dharma is just telling people, sharing with them your experiences. Never push it, never be a missionary.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Look at how beautiful life is, and just keep looking until you see it. You don't see what is in front of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“By suffering, one is shown a path to awareness. Along that path is where we are truly born. When we choose to… — VD Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
“When we see one another as different aspects of ourselves—as ourselves experiencing a different situation and circumstance—we develop a love, a connection,… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“If you know how to be happy with the wonders of life that are already there for you to enjoy, you don't… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It is a special kind of enlightenment to have this feeling that the usual, the way things normally are, is odduncanny and… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“God is not a goal, nirvana is not a goal, enlightenment is not a goal, it is not an achievement -- just… — Osho Copy Share Image
“Recently I came across a Zen prayer that Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk, recites prior to eating: "In this plate of… — Jacqueline A Bussie Copy Share Image
“I am fortitude,” said faith. “I am contentment,” said peace. “I am delight,” said joy. “I am goodness,” said virtue. “I am… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
Remember, until you become a buddha you have wasted your life. Buddhahood is your flowering, your fragrance. A tree is fulfilled when… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
The world is filled with people who understand. I personally value people who don't understand. People who understand have nothing more to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We cannot achieve personal enlightenment – a clarification of our souls – until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Just because I'm choosy about what I want - in this case, enlightenment, or peace, instead of money or prestige or fame… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the beginning we define what is spiritual. But as you go on, you see that everybody and everything is an instrument… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The mind is a temple of knowledge, the heart is a temple of understanding, and the soul is a temple of wisdom;… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
In Buddhist practice a great deal of time is spent practicing mandala meditation. You learn to visualize and hold simultaneous concepts in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Bodh Gaya is a land of enlightenment. Years ago, what Bodh Gaya got was Siddhartha but what Bodh Gaya gave to the… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
You see two people together. They're in a relationship. It's really power that holds those people together. And when the designs of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Watch out for negative power places on the earth, if you can "see" they are reddish and they twist your feelings. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“[A] person is formed from a continuum of words and actions over time and cannot be reduced to a fixed “self” that… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“There are no perfect human beings and even those who we pray such as Allah, Buddha, Jesus, Krishna among others, were not… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
Once in a while an enlightened teacher goes out into the world and spreads the dharma. They attract some attention, and it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The obvious answer to money is to have tons of it - simply figure out how to make more money than you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“He considered China’s interference in Korea to be an intolerable attempt to prevent the spread of enlightenment, and the war itself not… — Donald Keene Copy Share Image
You need to have the humility to accept your limitations as long as they're there, and have the humility to accept their… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Does Christ commend the famous 'apathy' of the Stoic or the Buddhist elimination of desire? Far from it. The issue is not… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In a few short years you might have to become a scuba diver and go hundreds of feet underwater - It will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Suffering led the Buddha to enlightenment, and it may cause us, against our will, to grow in compassion, awareness, and possibly eventually… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
The purpose of enlightenment is certainly not the teacher, nor is it you. It doesn't have a purpose. Enlightenment simply exists. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some people travel to other dimensions in their astral bodies when they meditate. But astral traveling doesn't bring a person lasting happiness.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You've gained some powers by your entrance into other dimensions and you use them to attack others or to make others miserable,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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