Right Action Quotes - Page 4

To go to the very center of the mind of God, to be that, to become aware of our infiniteness, is the goal of Buddhism and along the way, to be as kind to others as possible without thinking that we are particularly wonderful.

Frederick Lenz

Buddhism, Thinking, Goal

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When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself. We don't have to worry about what to do. We don't have to figure out solutions ahead of time. Peacemaking is the functioning of bearing witness. Once we listen with our entire body and mind, loving action arises.

Bernie Glassman

Inspirational, Death, Buddhist

Bernie Glassman (2013). “Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace”, p.62, Penguin

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It is love alone that leads to right action. What brings order in the world is to love and let love do what it will.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Spiritual, Order, World

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1970). “Think on these things”, HarperCollins Publishers

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...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

Abraham Verghese

Guilt, Action, Righteous

Abraham Verghese (2012). “Cutting for Stone”, p.139, Random House India

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I believe that anyone who is serious and committed to pay the price of learning, discipline and taking the right actions in the right order and at the right times can achieve and become financially successful. In addition, having perseverance and relentless pursuit are great qualities ... that will help.

John Assaraf

Perseverance, Believe, Successful

FaceBook post by John Assaraf from Jul 09, 2010

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I can understand pathways to enlightenment where people shun certain aspects of the sensual world because they feel that these aspects are very powerful; they're not in a position to control their appetites.

Frederick Lenz

Powerful, People, Sensual

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The problem is with any practice is that it is a practice. That is why people don't win. The reason why people don't win is they get stuck in ideas, habits, and ways of seeing life.

Frederick Lenz

Winning, Practice, Ideas

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Personal power is a feeling that everybody is looking for called satisfaction. It is different from enlightenment, but you need personal power to become enlightened. Personal power is not the end of the process.

Frederick Lenz

Feelings, Enlightenment, Different

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Some people say that if you have sex you can't be enlightened. I think it isn't really so much whether you have sex or not, but it's what you're doing with your attention level during that time.

Frederick Lenz

Sex, Buddhism, Thinking

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I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown them how to do. So then, they drop down into a lower stage of attention.

Frederick Lenz

Buddhism, Mind, Attention

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Ultimately, strong branding is not just a promise to our customers,to our partners, to our shareholders and to our communities;it is also a promise to ourselves... in that sense, it is about using a brand as a beacon, as a compass, for determining the right actions, for staying the course, for evolving a culture, for inspiring a company to reach its full potential.

Carly Fiorina

Strong, Community, Promise

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So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that ancient path, that ancient road? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.

Gautama Buddha

Past, Views, Effort

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Nature supports right action.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Support, Action

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We associate stress with action, but how can you take action without stress? You take the right actions with a different energy. Yes, that might affect the speed at which you work or how much you get done in one day, but you'll probably get things done more efficiently.

Gabrielle Bernstein

Stress, One Day, Energy

Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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The person who practices advanced meditation is usually not married, some are. They usually don't have children, some do. But chances are they will not marry or have children because it demands to much time.

Frederick Lenz

Children, Practice, Meditation

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The avoidance of that which causes you pain does not produce enlightenment. It produces avoidance. Religion is the avoidance of pain and suffering.

Frederick Lenz

Pain, Suffering, Enlightenment

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Social reform is not to be secured by noise and shouting; by complaints and denunciation; by the formation of parties, or the making of revolutions; but by the awakening of thought and the progress of ideas. Until there be correct thought, there cannot be right action; and when there is correct thought, right action will follow.

Henry George

Party, Ideas, Progress

Henry George (2006). “Social Problems”, p.242, Cosimo, Inc.

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When you live a life devoid of ritual and convention, with honesty and self-effacement, then you are on the road to freedom.

Frederick Lenz

Honesty, Self, Action

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Real morality is based on a single criterion: right action, appropriate action, in the present moment and present situation.

Brad Warner

Real, Morality, Action

Brad Warner (2015). “Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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It is impossible to move on to new states of mind unless you seek the forgiveness of those you've offended.

Frederick Lenz

Moving, Mind, Action

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You get to the point where you have to wash the dishes. That's the fun in life. Being behind the scenes and doing things for others; being an instrument of that cause. That is the secret teaching.

Frederick Lenz

Fun, Teaching, Secret

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Even a good self will create another good self in the next life, and another one, and that good self will never be enlightened. You'll be bound, life after life, by good karma.

Frederick Lenz

Karma, Self, Next

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We seek absolute neutrality in Buddhism. We don't want to be drawn into anything in particular. We don't want to be pushed away from anything in particular.

Frederick Lenz

Buddhism, Neutrality, Want

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Be concerned with the welfare of others without any sense of self-importance that one is better because one meditates or leads a certain type of life.

Frederick Lenz

Self, Action, Welfare

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Never settle for that which is easy and comfortable or the necessity of seeking that which is difficult and uncomfortable.

Frederick Lenz

Never Settle, Action, Easy

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