“With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you meditate your mind will become razor sharp. Your memory and retention will be superb. New talents and abilities will begin… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You're not the doer. What's to do? You can't undo what's not done. It's all one anyway, why think about it? But… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The highest octave kundalini is the golden light which occurs in the supraconscious; it is the supraconscious. It's what they call Sat… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf. — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
They get you when you're young. When you are a kid, you are conditioned. You are taught language, customs, and right and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Eating, drinking, arising, awaking are all dharma (functions) of the body. One has not come within atmadharma (religion of the Soul) even… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“We are so fascinated by the complexity and beauty of the various forms in nature, that we have been led away from… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“What the Enlightenment rejected in the South Sea islands was what it perceived as a stupor, the docile submission to whatever bit… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
“What binds Buddhism, Sufism, and Quaker practices together is a belief in our interconnectedness; profound respect for others; being guided by a… — Charlotte Kasl Copy Share Image
“In the 18th century, a revolution in thought, known as the Enlightenment, dragged us away from the superstition and brutality of the… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
We might think we can find a buddha or enlightenment somewhere beyond this mind; we might think we can find serenity, clarity,… — Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Copy Share Image
“If you're constantly ruminating about what you just did- or what you should have done- or what you would have done if… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“The dramatic and the sensational seldom yield the treasures of enlightenment that the commonplace and the unpretentious often harbour unsuspected. For being… — Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Copy Share Image
The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Being sad is a state of distress, being happy is a state of excitement, being blissful is a state of enlightenment. Have… — Nagaraj Copy Share Image
Life is beautiful all of the time. Just to be alive and perceive that beauty of life all around you and within… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The highest type of meditation is done in silence. In silence there are no mantras. Mantras are not essential, but they can… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The practice of mindfulness is monitoring your mind all day and all night. It's enjoyable to just remove things that make you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We live in a world of careers. Work, as Sri Krishna points out in the Bhagavad Gita, is a necessary path for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only… — Śāntideva Copy Share Image
Kirshna says its better to be a winner than a loser. It runs counter to what a lot of people whould think,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We see a lot of people who decide to go out and teach meditation. They become so wrapped up in it that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Think about the flowers. Life is just a bunch of pretty pictures. All this is supposed to do is force you beyond… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The world had seen so many Ages: the Age of Enlightenment; of Reformation; of Reason. Now, at last, the Age of Desire.… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“The French were more tolerant of brothels than any other nation in Europe, though there was some dispute about whether this reflected… — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
Happiness is warm puppy. In other words, happiness is the things around you. Just to see that puppy is to be happy.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Be present, from moment to moment, right in the middle of the real stream of time. That gives you spiritual security. That… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
We are intelligent atoms. We are intelligent organic structures. We can change who we are. We can heal ourselves. With genetic engineering,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I don't really go down one path. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist, or a Catholic or a Christian or a Muslim,… — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
“Buddhism is a religion of the heart. Only this. One who practices to develop the heart is one who practices Buddhism [...]… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“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
Why do everything perfectly? Isn't perfection just an illusion? Tell me if it's an illusion if they don't fix your car perfectly… — Frederick Lenz 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
If you are not as happy as you used to be, chances are you are not meditating properly. You may be trying… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The kundalini of the supraconscious has nothing to do with the shushumna. That light comes down, from the crown center and has… — 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