The cover story of the magazine [TIME magazine] depicting a few individuals who are acting contrary to most Myanmar, is creating misconceptions… — Thein Sein Copy Share Image
You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise,… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
“A person achieves enlightenment only through a purposeful engagement with life and by resolutely searching for truth and shedding artifices.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“There is dharma (religion) in scriptures, but no essence in it. The essence is in the heart of a Gnani (Enlightened One).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Get your emotions under control and your life under control. Work really hard and don't make a big deal out of yourself.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism is not just going to temple, being at a ceremony and dressing up. That is the church of Buddhism. Esoteric Buddhism… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment isn't the end but the beginning, the start of a journey that a small group of people begun while the rest… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“I'm profoundly attracted to classical Zen literature, I have the gall to lecture on it and the literature of Mahayana Buddhism one… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“And so I returned to that city in which, in those last hours before reunions, Shaheed and I saw many things which… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“back in the middle ages they burned unruly women at the stake and out of the ashes of their bones and flesh… — Leah Harris Copy Share Image
“There is evidence that the honoree [Leonard Cohen] might be privy to the secret of the universe, which, in case you're wondering,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Thus men of more enlighten'd genius and more intrepid spirit must compose themselves to the risque of public censure, and the contempt… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
In the end it is nothing other than the loving kindness with which the woman cares for her child that makes the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“There is beauty all around us, and the light finds us when we realize, we are all part of that beauty and… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
As we gradually open that bubble and allow the luminous being inside to come out, your second attention will develop and you'll… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In that nanosecond of enlightenment I knew that the human spirit survives the death of the physical body and I understood that… — Janet Bettag Copy Share Image
The spirit of Buddhism is, more than anything, about valuing harmony and unity, in which others are respected and embraced rather than… — Shinjo Ito Copy Share Image
We look for the Secret - the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of the Wise, Supreme Enlightenment, 'God' or whatever...and all the time… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“Professor Sung-bae Park taught Buddhism to primarily Judeo-Christian kids who needed one course in a world religion and could fit him in… — John Popielaski Copy Share Image
“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The practice of mindfulness is monitoring your mind all day and all night. It's enjoyable to just remove things that make you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We live in a world of careers. Work, as Sri Krishna points out in the Bhagavad Gita, is a necessary path for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Kirshna says its better to be a winner than a loser. It runs counter to what a lot of people whould think,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only… — Śāntideva Copy Share Image
We see a lot of people who decide to go out and teach meditation. They become so wrapped up in it that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Think about the flowers. Life is just a bunch of pretty pictures. All this is supposed to do is force you beyond… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The world had seen so many Ages: the Age of Enlightenment; of Reformation; of Reason. Now, at last, the Age of Desire.… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“The French were more tolerant of brothels than any other nation in Europe, though there was some dispute about whether this reflected… — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
We are intelligent atoms. We are intelligent organic structures. We can change who we are. We can heal ourselves. With genetic engineering,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness is warm puppy. In other words, happiness is the things around you. Just to see that puppy is to be happy.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Be present, from moment to moment, right in the middle of the real stream of time. That gives you spiritual security. That… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
I don't really go down one path. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist, or a Catholic or a Christian or a Muslim,… — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
“Buddhism is a religion of the heart. Only this. One who practices to develop the heart is one who practices Buddhism [...]… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
If you are not as happy as you used to be, chances are you are not meditating properly. You may be trying… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The kundalini of the supraconscious has nothing to do with the shushumna. That light comes down, from the crown center and has… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Why do everything perfectly? Isn't perfection just an illusion? Tell me if it's an illusion if they don't fix your car perfectly… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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