[Thich Nhat Hanh] the one that revolutionized Buddhism. Instead of being monks just engaged in meditation, it was active Buddhism. You went… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest… — Farid al-Din Attar Copy Share Image
There are monasteries in Japan where they teach Zen with rules, more rules than you can imagine, and you might feel comfortable… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The Bön texts are thousands of years old, and I am sure that not even 7 percent of what is still in… — Anne Klein Copy Share Image
Most of the utopian community ideas actually are religious. They're based more on the idea of the monastery than the commune. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
From the beginning, I've stressed that home is something internal, invisible, portable, especially for those of us with roots in many physical… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world. He knows much more of the fierce variety… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master. "People say you are a genius . Are you?"… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
In a few Zen monasteries, every monk has to start his morning with laughter, and has to end his night with laughter… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and those who… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Personally I would like to have pupils, a studio, pass on my love to them, work with them, without teaching them anything..… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent fallacies about the Christian Church is that it kept learning alive during the Dark and Middle Ages.… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
Henceforward the Christian Churches having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof, came into the hands of the Encratites: and… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Everybody was talking about the religious man who committed suicide. While no one in the monastery approved of the man's action, some… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Canoes, too, are unobtrusive; they don't storm the natural world or ride over it, but drift in upon it as a part… — John Graves Copy Share Image
In the old days, Zen was not really practiced so much in a monastery. The Zen Master usually lived up on a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I recommend computer science to people who practice meditation. The mental structures that are used in computer science are very similar exercises… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you visit the Zen Monasteries, one of the first things required is that you bring a donation. They have to pay… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?...No, saintly monk, you try being virtuous in… — Fyodor Dostoevsky 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
You might say living in a monastery cuts down the commutation time. That alone gives you a couple extra hours a day… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Not only is the day waning, but the year. The low sun is fiery and yet cold behind the monastery ruin, and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
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