Pass the popcorn, please. Life is a film, theatre, a theatre of the soul. We play different roles on different stages. At… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, what is known as beginner's mind is a way to look at the world as if for the first time:… — Louis Cozolino Copy Share Image
“karma just means action, in Buddhist terms to act out of an intention conditioned by external and internal conditions, which in turn… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
Consistency is nice, I think, personally. I like to be consistently happy. I like to be consistently more aware and more conscious… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We can continue our quest for improvement or not. We can search for happiness, enlightenment, security or identity or not. The search… — Steven Harrison Copy Share Image
What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
The magic of life, of course, is not something that can be explained. Structures can only take us to the point where… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What you focus on you become. If you spend an hour or two a day meditating and focusing on light, then you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Among the educated young there is therefore a startling and unprecedented interest in the transformation of human consciousness. All over the Western… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
Sometimes I was too tired, other times just lazy. Now and then, I was frustrated because nothing seemed to be happening -… — Kristiane Backer Copy Share Image
Your enlightenment is perfect only when silence has come to be a celebration. Hence my insistence that after you meditate you must… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Empowerment is the enlightenment of mind through the original thinking created with the feelings in soul and passed through heart; as similar… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
All the other religions I had ever read about dealt with the idea of God, and your relationship with God. Buddhism is… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Failing at something is one thing, but Buddhism tells us that it is up to us how we interpret that failure [Buddhism]… — Jonny Wilkinson Copy Share Image
“The process of awakening or enlightenment is nothing but to empty yourself from inside, and make you encounter with the real being,… — Roshan Sharma Copy Share Image
Most people are completely oblivious to eternity. They look at the sky at night and they think that's eternity; it is just… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment, meditation is really a shift in perception. It's not a thing that you go and do or become, since you're already… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are many universes, countless universes, and many of them are invisible. We call these the astral planes, but they are as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Perhaps my own struggle against the negativity created by these so-called critics has enabled me to develop a more resilient, peaceful, inner… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Joy can span from the pleasure of others’ good fortune, what Buddhists call mudita, to the pleasure in others’ misfortune, what the… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
What's really great about Buddhism is its rational, informal quality. Coming from my experience of growing up a Catholic, I found Buddhism… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
In my mind, there is no reason why Stoicism shouldn't become as popular as Buddhism, especially in the Western world, where the… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
One or two of my friends set longevity records for people who had AIDS. What they did, incredibly hard though it was,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the understanding that this is all, that this is perfect, that this is it. Enlightenment is not an achievement, it… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Each time you meditate, you create a stronger connection with the world of inner light and happiness that exists within you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you are able to stop feeling sorry for yourself, and to contribute to the betterment of this world and of those… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A long time ago a very powerful race of Indians lived here. They were from another cycle; their being was of another… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Perception is a wave. You change as your perception of something changes because you define yourself as a reflection of whatever you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To do something perfectly, you must not think about what you are doing at all ... Your thoughts are what create imperfections… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What I teach you to do is how to bring the light of the supraconscious throughout your being, because once you have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The planet earth is a sub-world, way below what's average, because if an enlightened being walked through New York City today, no… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Any enlightenment which requires to be authenticated, certified, recognized, congratulated, is (as yet) a false, or at least incomplete one. — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
A mantra is a very powerful word. It vibrates like music does, only not on this plane but on other planes of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you meditate, then the real miracle is the transformation of your awareness field beyond the body. Beyond the body there are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A child is imprinted not by simply teaching. But their attention is like soft clay. The attention field of adults is stratified.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddha gave his first talks, and three or four ascetics became his first disciples. They recognized his enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You have to learn to be very, very gentle to start with - with yourself eventually. Meditation is not something that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image