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“Buddhism is perception, gaining control of the mind and directing one's attention, to raise the kundalini energy so that it flows with such volatility and force that we simply perceive life correctly.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Self discovery doesn't not seek to bring you answers about your personal life or philosophically comfort you about life and death. What it does is bring you into reality as perception itself.”

Doe Self Reality Answers Comfort Perception Discovery Self Discovery Buddhist Life And Death Personal Life Cosmology

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice in Buddhist meditation.”

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Book:Beyond the Self: Teachings on the Middle Way

Source: Beyond the Self: Teachings on the Middle Way

“The Four Reliances. First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.”

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Author:Gautama Buddha

“The type of Buddhist practices that I talk about in 'The Art of Happiness' have to do with reconditioning one's way of thinking and one's outlook, and one's perception and how one relates to people. That type of thing, any Westerner can practice at any time.”

People Thinking Way Art Practice Type Perception Buddhist Relate Outlook Way Of Thinking Westerners Art Of Happiness

Author:Howard Cutler

“The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live. We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it.”

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Book:For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva

Source: For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva

“What is this world condition? Body is the world condition. And with body and form goes feeling, perception, consciousness, and all the activities throughout the world. The arising of form and the ceasing of form-everything that has been heard, sensed, and known, sought after and reached by the mind-all this is the embodied world, to be penetrated and realized.”

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Author:Gautama Buddha

“How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Perceptions are known they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. This is how a monk stays awake.”

Doe Feelings Known Perception Arise Buddhist Awake Persist Monk Passing Away

Author:Gautama Buddha