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
Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
All things are spiritual. It doesn't matter what you do or who you are or what kind of blue jeans you wear,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking, for cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination.… — B. Alan Wallace Copy Share Image
Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the… — John Burdett Copy Share Image
The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it's important is that, fundamentally, when… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
... many Hindus are willing to consider Jesus as a legitimate manifestation of the divine... many Buddhists see Jesus as one of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all - whether naturalists, atheists, Buddhists, or Christians - see the world through the grid of an interpretive framework - and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out… — Longchenpa Copy Share Image
If you are a student of an enlightened master, you can literally tap into his aura, anywhere and at anytime. All you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance — U Thant Copy Share Image
The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Mystical experiences nearly always lead one to a belief that some aspect of consciousness is imperishable. In a Buddhist metaphor the consciousness… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Aesthetics is not an end in itself. But in our culture, which is becoming more multi-sensory and less respectful of God, we… — Dan Kimball Copy Share Image
