Happiness does not come from external objects. It comes from peace of mind. You can be famous; you can be a king,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
And so I pray like I'm a Pentecostal, Sufi, Buddhist, strict agnostic. Hoping one will hit it's target, take another sip of… — Jean Grae Copy Share Image
In meditation, as you go into the causal dimensions, the planes of light, you will be purified, energized and you will become… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Throughout the day remind yourself that you are moving through eternity. Be focused. Be centered. Be in the now. Know what is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is when you are engaged in activities but the mind is set into the meditative state all the time. Meditation is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay... Everything is impermanence, dissatisfaction and… — Buddha Copy Share Image
Protection, as we use the word in Buddhism, is actually wisdom, it's insight. Protection is seeing and knowing deeply that all things… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Move beyond the limited parameters that most human beings have and realize that there are thousands and millions of worlds beyond this… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is neither just the religious, the spiritual, the power-hungry, the evil, the ignorant, the corrupt, the Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
A woman should keep her separateness, should save all her feminine qualities and purify them. In this way she is going, according… — Rajneesh 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
Most of the people I talk to are not going to go off and live in a cave. Why should they? So… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“In our era, just as in every transitional age, God seems dead, but it is really our Enlightenment culture that has died. ” — Robert Inchausti Copy Share Image
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect… — Habib Umar bin Hafiz Copy Share Image
There are those who will seek to block you. There are also non-physical forces. To win in the world of enlightenment, it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
If you are going to set out to develop mystical powers to impress your friends and do other things to your enemies,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If the kundalini is flowing through you at a very rapid rate, if you are not in harmony with the dharma, then… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The spectrum that most people exist in this world is very mundane and very unhappy. Certainly human beings are capable of experiencing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most people are operating out of repetition. If you come to work or school each day with the same mind-state, you probably… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddha would never speak about enlightenment. The way he taught people about enlightenment was they meditated with him. He exposed them… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Laos is a deeply Buddhist country, and my visit included a traditional Tak Bat ceremony, in which you get up at sunrise… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Everyone makes mistakes. Whether we put our mistakes to use depends on how deeply we reflect on our actions. It is desirable… — Kentetsu Takamori Copy Share Image
People who work to bring about perfection see work as an extension of themselves. The point is to do a good job.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Wife indeed!" laughed Monkey. "You haven't got a wife now. There are some sorts of Taoists that are family men; but who… — Cheng-en Wu Copy Share Image
See your life as not just your life but as eternity. Be so completely integrated in the experience of perception that there's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I can understand pathways to enlightenment where people shun certain aspects of the sensual world because they feel that these aspects are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It [enlightenment] has not come to you by means of teaching! And-thus is my thought, oh exalted one,-nobody will obtain salvation by… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Beginning meditation is a process of unhooking ourselves from thought, being motivated to meditate. It is very exciting in the beginning because… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The gopis seek Krishna, another part of themselves that create ecstasy. The man seeks the woman, the woman seeks the man. The… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The island of the tonal, the way we see life, is there so we can get through our life. It was never… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Happiness comes from self-knowledge. Self-knowledge means that you have understood your mind. Your mind is the whole universe. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from… — Wang Wei Copy Share Image
Celibacy doesn't make you enlightened, otherwise every nun or priest in Buddhism or Christianity would be enlightened. People who don't date and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nothing lasts forever - except forever. That's the good news. It's a good thing that nothing lasts forever because things would get… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Zen the emphasis is on meditation and developing your body, mind and spirit to find inner peace, strength, clarity and enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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