As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
As long as you fight the system, all of the things that are part of the tonal of the times, then you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You need something. Not just to get through the day, but to get through the incarnation. You need to find that power,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a certain degree of pain to be experienced in the search for self-knowledge, as there is a certain amount of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Whether you believe in God or not does not matter much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
This is something I consider Enlightenment to be - and that is to give intellectual or spiritual understanding and to be free… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
It will take about a month for that awareness to be fully absorbed and modify someone's attention field. During that period of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don´t know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves we should… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Zeena Schreck is a Berlin-based interdisciplinary artist, author, musician/composer, tantric teacher, mystic, animal rights activist, and counter-culture icon known by her mononymous… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“Well, it’s all a kind of puzzle, isn’t it? You start out with your own little set of pieces you’re trying to… — Tom McNeal Copy Share Image
“What benefit have the Hindus derived from their contact with Christian nations? The idea generally prevalent in this country about the morality… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
There are countless dimensions filled with beings of other orders. Now this may sound peculiar to some people, but it was only… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The anti-pleasure movement in self-discovery is very strong. I have big news for them, if they ever get to enlightenment, which is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Health, wealth, reputation, and status are all mere ingredients of happiness. The key to true well-being is being able to manage them… — Kentetsu Takamori Copy Share Image
“Unluckily, Governments cannot be enlightened, and a Government which regards itself as a diffuser of light is the least open to enlightenment.” — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
Why don't the names of Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius offend people? The reason is that these others didn't claim to be God, but… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
Life has no meaning. It doesn't need a meaning. A meaning is an arbitrary thought formulation that we affix to it because… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The causal body holds the structure. The causal body is the coding. So you are not just scattered all over the ten… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is always going to be pain. There is always going to be pleasure. But what is not always going to be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You have been programmed, brainwashed to see life in very specific forms. Life is endless and we are a body of perception.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Everyone in advanced meditation practice should be involved with the economic support of the spread of the dharma. We live in a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“This ability to perfect the products of others stems from a laser-like focus on continuous improvement, which owes as much to Buddhist… — Daniel Tudor Copy Share Image
I didn't have to go all the way to India for spiritual enlightenment. The blue-collar spirituality of everyday life was right in… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
How do you become enlightened? Have fun, meditate, don't take yourself too seriously, brush between incarnations and have a good teacher. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is about getting a sense of integrity about issues. That was was my enlightenment over it and knowing that I had… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
Feel the wind. This wind blows from world to world and from life to death. This is the wind of dharma. Be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It is better to know oneself than know to others. So not find fault others see first in yourself. When one experiences… — Suman Jyoty Bhante Copy Share Image
Fear which has been embedded in your mind since you were a tot doesn't go away easily - it's conditioned in. And… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the… — Dogen Copy Share Image
The body will blossom and fade, but you will remain after this body of yours has gone away. This knowledge allows you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
No self-effort in the direction of enlightenment is ever wasted. Even if you don't become fully enlightened in a given lifetime, you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When a fully qualified Mahayana disciple relies completely upon a fully qualified Mahayana Spiritual Guide the attainment of enlightenment is easy. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
We are so absorbed in our thoughts that every thought that comes through is a reality. We have to start to detach… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is good to take a weekend and just you, or you and your dog, head out into the wilderness. Walk by… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
