“You can live in the world and have all the myriad experiences that life has to offer and yoke your awareness field to the planes of light, and eventually to nirvana itself.” WorldLightAwarenessFieldsBuddhismOffersPlanesYoke Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is no time. There is no space. There is no condition. There is only awareness, awareness of these ideas.” IdeasScienceSpaceConditionsAwarenessBuddhism Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people want to make maximum money for minimum work, and that does not result in a happy life. Work does not become an active force to advance your awareness into higher states.” PeopleWantDoeStatesSuccessForceResultsCareersAwarenessBuddhismHigherActiveHappy LifeMinimumMaximum Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is very important that your career raises your awareness. If your career is lowering your personal power, then it has got to change.” IfsImportantSuccessCareersAwarenessBuddhismRaisesPersonal Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Two of the most powerful of these power places are located in the Boston and Los Angeles areas. Highly evolved souls tend to be drawn to these areas because it's easier for them to increase their awareness there.” TwoSoulPowerfulAwarenessBuddhismEasierAreasIncreaseMost PowerfulLos AngelesBoston Author:Frederick Lenz
“Your reason is your friend. It defends the island of your awareness. But you don't want your reason to rule everything.” WantReasonAwarenessBuddhismIslands Author:Frederick Lenz
“If the tonal predominates, which we see now more in the world, there's no mystery - understanding of consciousness or awareness.” IfsWorldUnderstandingConsciousnessMysteryAwarenessBuddhism Author:Frederick Lenz
“Nirvana isn't a physical place. It is not like going to heaven. It just means no more individualized awareness, no aggregate body of experience.” MeanBodySufferingHeavenAwarenessBuddhismGoing To Heaven Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you draw from the endless awareness of nirvana, you are no longer a slave to fortune. When pleasant experiences come your way, you can enjoy them. But if pain and misfortune befall you, you can rise above them and remain unaffected.” IfsWayPainSufferingEnjoyAwarenessBuddhismDrawsFortuneSlaveEndlessPleasantMisfortunesRise Above Author:Frederick Lenz
“Start meditating with your eyes open, focusing as a warm-up, then focus on a chakra, then just let go and merge. Don't sit there and think or move into sleepy states of awareness, but move into high-powered states of attention.” ThinkingStatesEyeMovingAttentionFocusMeditationAwarenessBuddhismLetting GoWarmMeditatingSleepyChakraJust Let GoChakra Meditation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Focus your awareness on the heart chakra. As you do, you will feel your consciousness shifting. You may feel different perceptions of energy in different parts of your body.” FeelsHeartMayDifferentBodyEnergyConsciousnessFocusMeditationAwarenessBuddhismPerceptionYour BodyShiftingChakraChakra MeditationHeart ChakraDifferent Perceptions Author:Frederick Lenz
“Focus on the heart center and feel love. There is a flower there, but it's like a rose folded up. As you meditate, feel that the flower is opening. Each time you open a set of petals you're going deeper into eternal awareness.” FeelsHeartFocusMeditationAwarenessFlowerBuddhismEternalRoseDeeperOpeningPetalsChakra Meditation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Buddhism leads you to the awareness that all things are holy. Everything is holy. The dark has its own light, in other words.” LightDarkAwarenessBuddhismHolyAll ThingsBuddhistCosmology Author:Frederick Lenz
“Tantric Zen is the awareness of the infinitude of all things. To gain that awareness, to be it, is enlightenment.” AwarenessBuddhismEnlightenmentGainsAll Things Author:Frederick Lenz
“In Tantric Zen, career, relationships, the type of insurance you have - all things are part of your evolution, your awareness, your experience of the suchness of existence.” ExistenceCareersAwarenessBuddhismTypeEvolutionAll Things Author:Frederick Lenz
“Chanting a mantra at the beginning of your meditation helps you clear the mind and takes you deep within the self. Chanting a mantra at the end of meditation helps you seal the meditation. It helps you bring the awareness of the meditation down into your daily life.” MindEndsSelfHelpingClearMeditationAwarenessBuddhismDaily LifeSealsMantrasDeep WithinChanting Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you chant "Aum" or any mantra, do so softly and gently. Extend the sound. Focus your awareness on the sound of the mantra and become absorbed in it.” SoundFocusMeditationAwarenessBuddhismMantras Author:Frederick Lenz
“After the meditation session you have to be a little bit careful. If you start to think a lot of thoughts and become very active, you can prevent some of the meditative awareness from coming into your mind.” IfsThinkingMindLittlesBitsMeditationAwarenessBuddhismLittle BitCarefulActiveSession Author:Frederick Lenz
“To meditate, you need to feel, and feeling is a lost art. You need to feel the stillness of existence and also the sound of existence. You need to feel that which lies beyond your awareness field, and that which is within it.” NeedsFeelsArtFeelingsLyingLostSoundExistenceMeditationAwarenessFieldsBuddhismStillnessLost Art Author:Frederick Lenz
“The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.” WorldWayMindSelfActionPassionResultsEffortQualityMeditationSeeingMagicAwarenessHumilityBuddhismLetting GoGoodnessAchievementConcernedMedicineSeekingAppearancePeacefulGenerosityEmptinessAttachmentMasteryConformSelflessnessSelf MasteryGreatest AchievementPeaceful MindSpiritual BuddhistGreatest Wisdom Author:Atisa
“In Buddhism, there are three gems: Buddha, the awakened one; Dharma, the way of understanding and loving; and Sangha, the community that lives in harmony and awareness. The three are interrelated, and at times it is hard to distinguish one from another. In everyone there is the capacity to wake up, to understand, and to love. So in ourselves we find Buddha, and we also find Dharma and Sangha.” WayHardThreeUnderstandingCommunityAwarenessBuddhismCapacityWake UpHarmonyAwakenedDharmaGemsSangha Book:Being Peace Source: Being Peace
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” InspirationalNeedsHeartPhilosophyWisdomSpiritualReligionSpiritualityReligiousSimpleBrainCompassionKindnessAwarenessLife PhilosophyBuddhismWise WordsMy HeartWords Of WisdomEnlightenmentComplicatedAwakeningBuddhistUpliftingBelieve In YourselfTemplesEnlightenedBe KindSpiritual WisdomMonkSimple LifeSpiritual AwakeningWise Man Once SaidLove And KindnessTibetanSpiritual JourneyPhilosophy Of ReligionKindness And CompassionActs Of KindnessTibetGoodness And KindnessInspirational KindnessPhilosophy And ReligionReligious LeadersRandom Acts Of KindnessGenerosity And KindnessKindness GenerosityReligious TraditionsEastern PhilosophyHeart And BrainNo CompassionSmall Acts Of KindnessSpiritual HappinessBrain ScienceSimple Acts Of KindnessGood SpiritualComplicated WorldHeart Opening Author:Dalai Lama
“Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.” InspirationalSometimesAwarenessBuddhismSilentSignificantImpressionBuddhistThriveTibetRemaining SilentKeeping Silent Book:Path To Tranquility Source: Path To Tranquility
“Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.” ImportantSelfAwarenessBuddhismDisciplineConsequenceSelf Discipline Author:Dalai Lama
“The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly and unequivocally inhabit the present moment and accept everything that happens without fear, knowing that what goes around comes around (the law of karma). Ethical morality and self-discipline represent the good ground, or stable basis. Mindful awareness is the skillful and efficacious grow-path, or way. Wisdom and compassion constitute the fruit, or result. This is the essence of Buddhism [...]” WayI CanSelfMomentsHappensLawGrowsResultsCompassionAcceptingKnowingPathClearAwarenessBuddhismDisciplineMoralityConscienceEssenceBasesFruitKarmaPresent MomentEthicalStableTruthfulSelf DisciplineTranquilSkillfulGoes Around Comes AroundLaw Of Karma Author:Surya Das