If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Success does not necessarily create happiness. I could take you on a tour of West Lost Angeles. You would be surprised that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We are so accustomed to classifying judgments, arguments and deeds in terms of morality that we forget how relatively new the notion… — Alasdair C. MacIntyre Copy Share Image
Sports and athletics can be a path in Zen, in concordance with daily practice of zazen meditation. You need to move with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Non-violence is the essence of the entire Buddha's teaching, and the practice of non-violence is the entire essence of the practice of… — Lobsang Tenzin Copy Share Image
Some come to a teacher for power. They still have all the desires, angers and jealousies of an unevolved person. Consequently, they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Who we are varies according to our awareness. When you are more aware, you are someone else than when you are less… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is a process in which we're essentially, at first, breathing out. We're exhaling existence, taking it out of the mind, and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince;… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
“In Demons of the Flesh, Zeena describes how Shiva and Shakti are actually ‘two sides of the same deity’. The goal of… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“The idea of innovation is the idea of progress stripped of the aspirations of the Enlightenment, scrubbed clean of the horrors of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist point of view, this is standing the truth on its head by considering goods as more important than people… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
“I sit down and say, and I run all my friends and relatives and enemies one by one in this, without entertaining… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Sisterhood is powerful. Woman can support each other as women, in their pursuit for enlightenment or anything else, without fear. But as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When I speak in Christian terms or Buddhist terms I'm simply selecting for the moment a dialect. Christian words for me represent… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
If we don't get violent with ourselves, castigate ourselves, ostracize ourselves and excommunicate ourselves because we didn't live up to the standards… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nirvana isn't a physical place. It is not like going to heaven. It just means no more individualized awareness, no aggregate body… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an… — Gza Copy Share Image
If you take the time to bring the light of the supra-conscious into your being, then automatically all blockages will go away.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Today in Sri Lanka, Pope Francis visited a Buddhist temple. When asked why, the Pope said, 'Just keeping my options open. It's… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Once a Buddha, always a Buddha, Sam. Dust off some of your old parables. You have about fifteen minutes.' Sam held out… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
Be neither attracted nor repulsed is the message of Tantric Buddhism. Don't be drawn to something, don't run away from it. Just… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some souls attain enlightenment. No one knows why. You could say it is individual inclination. I'm not convinced that's the case. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“Even the busiest bee does not move from one flower to another as often as an untamed mind moves from one thought… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. This is what man wants for a… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
It is most critical for a woman, or for a man who is very sensitive and opens up his heart, to be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“For example, if you are depressed or if you are unable to deal with the feelings that you have, scientists have established… — Michael Williams Copy Share Image
You have visits, then you have disappearances. You enter, then you exit. You come, you go. It would be so great if… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Human beings going to their jobs and living their lives are unconscious. They don't know what's going on. They don't know why… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness is only gained when your mind is in extended states of attention, when your mind is merging with the infinite. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is not bad living in a monastery. I've done it many times in many lives. But I think you can do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What I can do is find the keys that will plug into my own 30 years of training in Buddhism, and find… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
If you think of others in a jealous way or if you become angry, immediately pause for a moment. It's going to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Even after only several weeks of practicing meditation, you will begin to have more energy and be a little bit happier. Eventually,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Fame does not make you happy. It just makes you look in the mirror a lot, worrying about how you look today… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The rich aren't happy so they try and get richer thinking it will make a difference. The poor aren't happy. They try… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You don't have to take drugs to be happy. You don't have to drink to be happy. You don't have to have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
