“One of the most essential teachings of Buddhism is an understanding that where you are at this moment is exactly where you… — Michael Williams Copy Share Image
I know some teachers say that you shouldn't display the psychic powers and other powers referred to as the siddhas, but as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In no way can words convey the nagual. But they open up the possibility. They allow an admission on the island of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“What stops artadhyan (mournful contemplation hurting the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation hurting the self and others) is dharma (Religion of the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
All the joys in all the worlds of all beings who have ever been or will ever be, will never equal the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The causal body is the part of you that lives forever. It is ancient and complicated. It has lived through countless lives… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I used to live in Buddhist monasteries and I finally had to leave them because they were just too cluttered for me.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We’ll mark the butterflies disappearing over the hedge with tiny wristwatches on their wings: our fingers touching the earth, like two Buddhas” — Irving Layton Copy Share Image
We learn by doing, not just by thinking. So I feel like beyond Buddhism, or Hinduism, or Judaism, or Christianity we need… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
Since religion intrinsically rejects empirical methods, there should never be any attempt to reconcile scientific theories with religion. [An infinitely old universe,… — Hannes Alfven Copy Share Image
Unfortunately we've seen meditation insulted in a sense with the image of ritual. You have to dress a certain way, follow a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter what path you choose to reach it. Be it Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, quantum physics, Taoism, atheism—what… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
“Not only was the theory of evolution not invented by Darwin himself; it wasn’t invented by his Enlightenment predecessors either. It was… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
In Japan, the people preserve their temples for their exquisite beauty, and there are a great many sincere Buddhists; but China is… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
“Too often, contemporary continental philosophers take the “other” of philosophy to mean literature, but not religion, which is for them just a… — John D. Caputo Copy Share Image
“When one gathers all the books of all worldly religions, when one beholds (dharan) them, then the phenomenon of religious upholding (dharma… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I do not dispute with the world, it is the world that disputes with me. A speaker of Dhamma does not dispute… — Bhikkus Copy Share Image
“Mum,” she frowned “if one has freedom of worship to either be a Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist or pagan: why can’t one… — S. A. David Copy Share Image
“Karma means ‘action’. Like many, you misunderstand its nature. Past misdeeds can be corrected before your karma ripens: it is not some… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
The universe is ecstasy. We have many other ways of perceiving infinity. And when you perceive life through these other modes, that's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think Buddhism is a wonderful philosophy. I've had the good fortune to meet many wonderful teachers from that society. — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of The Law… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“The enlightenment you receive through religious training and the enlightenment you receive from drugs are, in the end, one and the same.” — Tatsuhiko Shibusawa Copy Share Image
I select people to work more closely when they are prepared to and I see that. They don't have to tell me.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We could take all the pleasures that have ever been and will ever be in all the universes and add them up… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our past affects us, our present affects us, and even our future can affect us. We live in the relative world of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Inwardly the sun also has an energy field, it has an aura, so does the earth, so does the moon, and so… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen is a very fast path to enlightenment, fast in comparison to some other paths, not fast for the person who practices… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Unhappiness is really an incorrect way of seeing. When we are unhappy we don't see life as it really is. We are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I'm not a Buddhist, but there is something lovely about thinking of yourself in a bigger picture, and thinking of yourself as… — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
We can't say what enlightenment is, we can't say what it isn't, because these are words and words have nothing to do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You're thinking that you shouldn't have sex because you're celibate. So you just keep thinking about sex instead of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It is human religion (manav-dharma) when you give happiness to others, you will receive happiness and when you give unhappiness to others,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
A soul mate is not necessarily someone with whom you set up housekeeping. Your soul and their soul have a multi-incarnation attraction. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
At least half of your mind is always thinking, I'll be leaving; this won't last. It's a good Buddhist attitude. If I… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
“Numbness was a mere purgatory of gray. No, there was a much worse place. Darkness masquerading as enlightenment. It was a place… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I momentarily but genuinely believed that Barack Obama was the answer not only to our nation's depressing politics but to the question… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image