“The life of a man is like a ball in the river, the Buddhist texts state - no matter what our will… — Richard C. Morais Copy Share Image
The impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or 'unknowable' by Herbert Spencer, 'will' by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by some… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“The public education system did not promote the enlightenment of the individual, but rather suppressed critical thought and neurodiversity. It produced preformatted,… — Rajinder Jhol Copy Share Image
“Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“[T]he changing, functional, causal, and conditioned world, present to ordinary sensory and mental experience, was what was ultimately real. To be real… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“There’s a story about a couple of Zen Buddhist monks. One day they leave the monastery and walk into town to buy… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
There are also two Christianities in the world today. There is (1) the Christianity of the New Testament, and there is (2)… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is the emancipation of man from a state of self-imposed tutelage... of incapacity to use his own intelligence without external guidance.… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When you continuously know and sense yourself as the space of consciousness rather than what appears in consciousness - sense perceptions, thoughts,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“You give them too much dignity,’ said Lakshman as he lit the pyre. ‘It is the only way to remind ourselves that… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
“A fate without happiness is sadder than a love without destiny,” said the monk. What had prompted the Buddhist monk to say… — Jeanette Ringel Copy Share Image
A friend of mine told me a bunch of stuff on Buddhism and about Avicii being the lowest level of Buddhist hell,… — Avicii Copy Share Image
“So my unsolicited advise to women in the workplace is this: when faced with sexism or agism or lookism or even really… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“You tell me to stand still, but I am not walking," he shouted, "whereas you who are walking say you are still.… — Majjhimanikaya Copy Share Image
When I was 18 I read a book about Buddhism and, before I was halfway through it I said to my mother,… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“The point was this: if Enlightenment progress is solving the problem of evil, all Jesus needs to have done is to point… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Mysticism is: a. An advanced state of inner enlightenment. b. Union with Reality. c. A state of genuinely satisfying success. d. Insight… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Whoever accepts the higher mission of art and comes nearer and nearer to it through his creative activity, will then go on… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
As my personal explorations continued, I experienced this quality of inner reality more and more and could no longer doubt that the… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
Its taken 14 billion years for matter to gain the capacity to become conscious of itself. If this is true, it wouldn't… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
Buddhas have a strength which is not of this world. Their strength is totally of love... Like a rose flower or a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“All the philosophical theories that exist have been created by the mistaken dualistic minds of human beings. In the realm of philosophy,… — Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Copy Share Image
“O Manjusri, in the world, there are two types of persons who destroy the genuine dharma: those who have strong views about… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Both outer and inner phenomena arise as a result of causes and conditions. Outer phenomena, the things of the physical world, arise… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“All of Nature follows perfectly geometric laws. The Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Peruvian, Mayan, and Chinese cultures were well aware of this, as… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“The Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche once pointed out, “If you put one hundred percent of your heart into facing yourself,… — Lodro Rinzler Copy Share Image
“Fifteen years ago, a business manager from the United States came to Plum Village to visit me. His conscience was troubled because… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“So when we think about the future, how to build a healthy humanity, we really have to think about how we create… — Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams Copy Share Image
It is not advisable for persons who are in the early stages of meditation to mediate on the two lower chakras. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhist thought and modern psychology converge on this point: in human life as it’s ordinarily lived, there is no one self, no… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It is important to remember always that the principle of egolessness does not mean that there was an ego in the first… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose; Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Buddhist meditation doen't necessarily mean sitting cross-legged with your eyes closed. Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world… — Thubten Yeshe Copy Share Image
![“The impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or 'unknowable' by Herbert Spencer, 'will' by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by some 'substance' by Spinoza. The personal aspect (Sakara) of that Being is termed 'Ishvara' or Allah, Hari, Jehova, Father in Heaven, Buddha, Siva…” quote by Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1cf/sivananda-7251_absolutes_the-impersonal-aspect-of-god-nirakara-ni_611295.jpg)
![“[T]he changing, functional, causal, and conditioned world, present to ordinary sensory and mental experience, was what was ultimately real. To be real [...] means to be capable of producing effects in the concrete world. Thus a seed, a jug, wind in the trees, a desire, a thought, the pain in one’s…” quote by Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6bd/stephen-batchelor-5328_atheism_t-he-changing-functional-causal-and-cond_2931131.jpg)
