“In Hinduism and Buddhism, dharma has various connotations, but generally it means cheerfully fulfilling your moral and ethical duty. Doing the right… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The mind is like a lake. It reflects eternity when it's very still. If ripples appear, lots of them, then the reflection… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Two people can be work at the same job, side by side. One person is working just for a paycheck. Another is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Oysters are more beautiful than any religion... There's nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster. — Hector Hugh Munro Copy Share Image
There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man -… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I've lived in worlds where there are three or four suns. We had incredible sunsets, beautiful. But they weren't more beautiful than… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What is essential is to draw the energy of love from your heart and bring it into your mind, as San Exubere… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Science tells us that love not only diminishes the experience of physical pain but can make us—and our beloveds—healthier.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
One day you will arrive at a station on the train of existence that you've always known has been there. You'll find… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
To believe straight away is foolishness, to believe after having seen clearly is good sense. That is the Buddhist policy in belief;… — Buddhadasa Copy Share Image
“Much of what animated me in those days I now recognize as the romantic yearnings of an idealistic, alienated, and aimless young… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“A general summing up, such as this, is highly characteristic of the old Oriental mode of approach to a religious and philosophical… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
“The capitalist and consumerist ethics are two sides of the same coin, a merger of two commandments. The supreme commandment of the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“When you walked through a park, the immersive world that surrounded you was something that existed inside your own brain as a… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the former, in… — Sulak Sivaraksa Copy Share Image
Enlightenment has nothing to do with physical knowledge. It is the experience of existence. Existence is infinite. There are countless universes and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ecstasy should not be viewed as an unusual experience, but rather a natural experience - feeling all of the living matrix of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Thus a person can be a Buddha one minute and a jackass three minutes later. You don't just become Buddha at the… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
What is evil? There is no such thing. In Buddhism we don't recognize evil and therefore we don't give it any power… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ecstasy can be painful when it's intense enough, when the kundalini surges enough. The ecstasy is so complete, it's overwhelming sometimes. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you are following dharma, you will be happy, at peace, still inside. There will be a sense of purpose to your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In our world, in our pre-World War III condition, meditation is considered a cult activity and people who practice self-discovery are actually… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This same formula by which Buddhists so anti-rationalistically and anti-banausically describe the "relation" between soul and body also applies to the relation… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“Truly experiencing the Principle Oneness is all about recognizing and allowing meaningful, loving connections with your broader self. Enlightenment is realizing you… — Russell Anthony Gibbs Copy Share Image
We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Life is not dependent upon our classifications and our categories, our science. But we are. We find it interesting and helpful. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The European prosperity driven by silver and Atlantic trade was the context of the rationalizing assertions of Enlightenment thinkers.” — John Tutino Copy Share Image
Sring is the mantra of beauty. Traditionally it is connected with Lakshmi, the Indian goddess of beauty. Chant "Sring" slowly, elongating each… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
But for me if I'm gonna read about something I'd rather read a pamphlet or the instructions to a synthesizer than a… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
If you are interested in developing some of the higher range occult powers, then I would suggest you not engage in sex… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“was elated and relieved, light-headed with glee. It was as if I had totally forgotten all of Joseph’s dharma talks about the… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When we lack etiquette, we trash things. We trash each other. We trash the environment. We lose sight of the value of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Purity is something that can be consciously developed. Expect to have impure moments, thoughts, and ideas. One day they will go away,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Try your best not to get distracted from your goal. Let everything you do be your way of getting closer to your… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
Eventually you're supposed to get so confounded by this whole thing that you just give up completely, and that's when it starts… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In Gautama Buddha’s day you could put superstitions and omens down to a lack of education, but I am not sure what… — karma yeshe rabgye Copy Share Image
The trick to keeping your meditation practice alive, not simply consistent but wonderful, is you need to bring a certain will or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One of the greatest mistakes that people make who pursue self-discovery is they neglect to develop their careers. There is a popular… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
