“Within an atom there can be a billion kingdoms, endless. But all of them are bound by the cycle of birth and death. They all come into being for a while and then vanish.” WorldScienceBuddhismBirthBoundsBillionsEndlessKingdomsCyclesAtomsOther WorldsBirth And Death Author:Frederick Lenz
“Reality does appear to exist, there does appear to be birth, youth, people appear to have children. But all of it's a dream. These are isolated moments that are only connected by perception. There is no separation.” PeopleChildrenDoeMomentsDreamRealityAwarenessYouthBuddhismBirthPerceptionConnectedSeparationIsolated Author:Frederick Lenz
“From infinite awareness, something comes forward, a sense of infinite awareness and finite awareness. That perception is the birth of a being.” AwarenessBuddhismBirthPerceptionInfiniteReincarnationFinite Author:Frederick Lenz
“Pass the popcorn, please. Life is a film, theatre, a theatre of the soul. We play different roles on different stages. At death, we walk offstage. At birth, we walk onstage.” InspirationalDifferentSoulPlayFilmLife IsWalksRolesStageBuddhismBirthPleaseTheatrePopcorn Author:Frederick Lenz
“You are on a vast wheel of birth and death. You have been through thousands of lifetimes, thousands yet to come.” InspirationalHas BeensBuddhismBirthLifetimeWheelsBirth And Death Author:Frederick Lenz
“As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by birth. If this is the case, why did the Buddhas of all ages - undoubtedly in possession of enlightenment - find it necessary to seek enlightenment and engage in spiritual practice?” IfsHumansAgeSchoolSpiritualHuman BeingsPracticeCasesStudyBuddhismBirthEnlightenmentPossessionDharmaSpiritual PracticeEsoteric Author:Dogen
“Buddhist nirvana ... is based on egolessness and is not anthropocentric but rather cosmological. In Buddhism, humans and the things of the universe are equally subject to change, equally subject to transitoriness or transmigration. A person cannot achieve emancipation from the cycle of birth and death until he or she can eliminate a more universal problem: the transience common to all things in the universe.” HumansPersonsProblemUniverseCommonAchieveSubjectsBuddhismBirthAll ThingsUniversalBuddhistCyclesEmancipationBirth And DeathTransience Book:Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought Source: Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought
“A surfer is poised on a wave on his board, cutting quickly to the left. He'll always be there, in that moment. He's never left it. He had no birth, he didn't go to school, he didn't purchase the board; none of those things ever were.” MomentsSchoolScienceLeftCuttingBuddhismBirthWaveBoardsThat MomentSurfer Author:Frederick Lenz
“Each one of you has created a sense of self. That's what the tonal does. Each one of you is taught a system of maintenance that has been developed by humankind from your birth till your death.” DoeHas BeensSelfTaughtBuddhismBirthHumankindSense Of SelfMaintenance Author:Frederick Lenz