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“Certain drugs provide brief excursions into altered states of consciousness. The problem is that the perceptions and understandings that come from these experiences don't tend to last.”

States Problem Lasts Certain Understanding Consciousness Buddhism Balance Drug Perception Altered States Of Consciousness Excursions Altered States Altered States Of Consciousness

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The world won't necessarily change but your understanding of it will, and therefore the world will change. Your attention will no longer be confined to the physical body and the physical world.”

World Inspirational Body Understanding Attention Buddhism Confined Physical Body

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You don't need anybody to tell you what is right or wrong. What you need, perhaps, is someone to show you how to come to those understandings.”

Inspirational Needs Shows Understanding Buddhism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you go into the planes of light, all of the incorrect ways of seeing and understanding life that you pick up are washed away.”

Way Light Understanding Meditation Seeing Buddhism Picks Planes Understanding Life

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are certainly beliefs in traditional Buddhism that conflict with basic principles of scientific understanding, .. We can't make sense of those beliefs in any kind of scientific framework.”

Kind Belief Understanding Principles Buddhism Conflict Traditional Make Sense Framework Basic Principles

Author:Richard Davidson

“Enlightenment occurs when your mind merges with nirvana, with what Tibetans call the Dharmakaya, the clear light of reality, which is the highest plane of transcendental wisdom and perfect understanding.”

Mind Reality Light Understanding Perfect Clear Buddhism Highest Enlightenment Planes Transcendental Tibetan

Book:Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

“Suzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism... We cannot be sufficiently grateful to the author, first for the fact of his having brought Zen closer to Western understanding, and secondly for the manner in which he has achieved this task.”

Firsts Facts Understanding Buddhism Tasks Grateful Western Contribution Zen Buddhism

Book:An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

Source: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

“Spiritual Balance is the obvious answer to the obsession that sometimes accompanies religious practice, occult practice, philosophical understandings - the assertion that one is right - that something that you're doing is better than something somebody else is doing, the way you're doing it is better than the way someone else is doing it.”

“Thoughts can increase our understanding of a subject, or they can just as easily constrict or block our understanding of a subject. It very much depends upon the language we are thinking in.”

Thinking Science Language Understanding Subjects Buddhism Depends Increase Block

Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

“If the tonal predominates, which we see now more in the world, there's no mystery - understanding of consciousness or awareness.”

Ifs World Understanding Consciousness Mystery Awareness Buddhism

Author:Frederick Lenz