I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You are all Buddhas. There is nothing you need to achieve. Just open your eyes. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Enlightenment simply means that you've run out of questions, and that the answers don't matter anymore. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment is not a nightmare, nor is it something that comes easily to us. It is an aspiration - and a… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.' — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
To be enlightened means that you really don't change, and yet you're nothing but change. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The complete teachings of all Buddhas - past, present, and future - are to be found within the essence of every human… — Huineng Copy Share Image
There's this absurd innate need in most men to feel that they're more powerful than women are, which is ridiculous. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda. Approach your career from this standpoint and you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Music has always been the greatest expression of mortal philosophy," continued Lucky. "The path to enlightenment is found in the lyrics of… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
Handle even a single leaf of green in such a way that it manifests the body of the Buddha. This in turn… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“But sometimes, by the deserving and the fortunate, even that task is accomplished. And when it is accomplished— behold!— all the truth… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“The Karmapa clearly says that both the object of negation of reasoning and the object of negation of the path are nothing… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
One doesn't stay in a state of nirvana by hiding from difficulties. You stay in nirvana by lavishing nirvana on everyone you… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
If I thought it was my identity to be a spiritual teacher, that would be a delusion. It's not an identity. It's… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Evil is an attack against human spiritual development and enlightenment. All evil, badness, neurosis - it has one motive and one motive… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
“The only barrier to Self-realization or enlightenment is the ego. The ego is the false identification with names and forms. Once this… — Akshay Kulkarni Copy Share Image
“The Buddhist teachings move along a graduated path: first the stages of calm abiding and then the stages of deep insight. Through… — Ogyen Trinley Dorje Copy Share Image
“The aspirant would do well to avoid those ‘spiritual teachers’ who delight in pointing out the evils of the world. These are… — Prem Prakash Copy Share Image
“The age of empire and the rise of the west were built on the capacity to inflict violence on a major scale.… — Peter Frankopan Copy Share Image
“The Highest Good consists," says he, "in the emptiness of mind and non-attachment. Transcendence is its cause, and Nirvana is its result.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The sangha is a community where there should be harmony and peace and understanding. That is something created by our daily life… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
The Spirit bears witness. Ecstasy and enlightenment, inspiration and intuition are not necessary. Happy is the man who is worthy of these;… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image