I am interested in suffering and, in particular, the Buddhist idea that in pain, you can find beauty. — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
The scriptures recommend love and service to the enlightened to develop purity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Only the fool wants to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We have a choice to live in the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Darkness.” — Mommy Moo Moo Copy Share Image
How can you be happy in a world like this? You have got to be crazy to even attempt something like that. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Stay true to the idea of dharma. Be the best you can be, in the worst of circumstances, even when no one… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
“The Enlightenment taught that observation unrecorded was knowledge lost.” — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
All of the previously described techniques can be practiced with your eyes open and closed. Most people find that it is easier… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen is a special transmission outside the scriptures,With no reliance on words and letters.A direct pointing to the human mind,And the realization… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
You can lie to yourself and fool yourself and rationalize that the choice you're making is what is right and what is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't judge others. Always be open to them. Avoid the cult mentality, you know, the super-slick, "I'm superior because I meditate, because… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
No self-effort in the direction of enlightenment is ever wasted. Even if you don't become fully enlightened in a given lifetime, you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When a fully qualified Mahayana disciple relies completely upon a fully qualified Mahayana Spiritual Guide the attainment of enlightenment is easy. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
We are so absorbed in our thoughts that every thought that comes through is a reality. We have to start to detach… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Look for the things in your life that bring you stillness and happiness, not the things that make you crazy. Look inside… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“because Buddhism, having been adopted by savage tribes as well as civilized nations, by quiet, enervated people as well as by warlike,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Buddhists sharply distinguished Zazen from Yoga, and have the method peculiar to themselves. Kei-zan[FN#244] describes the method to the following effect: 'Secure… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Our beliefs shape how we perceive reality to be, and the belief that shapes our current perception of reality was adopted by… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“No claims were made by him [Buddha] to any unalterable truth, nor did he demand that his teachings should simply be accepted,… — Durden Smith Copy Share Image
I love all religions. ... If people become better Hindus, better Muslims, better Buddhists by our acts of love, then there is… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“Prayers are answered when the individual’s subconscious mind responds to the mental picture or thought in his or her mind. This law… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
When you realize the nature of mind, layers of confusion peel away. You don't actually "become" a buddha, you simply cease, slowly,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Close your eyes, Matt, and focus on third eye, the second chakra of your being. Open third eye and you will feel… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share Image
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