“The trying to do something is in itself enlightenment. When we are in difficulty or distress, there we have enlightenment.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Zen is a very quick path to enlightenment and development of the mind and all its facilities. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The circumstances of confusion will be your path to enlightenment' - Thursday Next” — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Searching outside of you is Samsara (the world). Searching within you leads to Nirvana. — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“Subject and object are not separate—so-called objective reality is projected by our subjective Consciousness.” — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“We can only hope to live a meaningful life by serving as earnest witnesses to life’s tragic beauty.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Were all on similar paths of enlightenment, yet the secrets only unfold at the right time and places of your journey. — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
As a woman you must unite with other women for a while and perhaps even reject the world of men, just to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nirvana is the center of things; then there are the outer bandings of attention. The universe is a mind. At the center… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is equally easy, initially, for either a man or a woman to attain enlightenment, what we would call liberation or self-realization. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The avoidance of that which causes you pain does not produce enlightenment. It produces avoidance. Religion is the avoidance of pain and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“There are those who say that spiritual enlightenment is achieved through the denial of oneself; you must deny yourself many things, go… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Most of the founding fathers, sympathetic with and influenced by the European Enlightenment, saw religion - natural religion, that is - as… — Edwin Gaustad Copy Share Image
“If your chit goes in your husband, then that chit is worldly. If your chit goes with some other man (other than… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in the scientific method. Believe me, if the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
War is unthinkable in a society of autonomous people who have discovered the connectedness of all humanity, who are unafraid of alien… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Lord Buddha never put much emphasis on belief. Instead, he exhorted us to investigate and try to understand the reality of our… — Thubten Yeshe Copy Share Image
“***Not Religious October 31, 2017 I am an ordained Lama of the Celtic Buddhist lineage, a multi-decade student of many great Tibetan… — Doug "Ten" Rose Copy Share Image
“Buddha-nature may be compared with the sun, and individual mind with the sky. Then an Enlightened mind is like the sky in… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The United States is the result of an enlightened philosophy; China is the outcome of traditions and history.” — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
“Dharma is not about believing in God. It’s about making the right choices, doing the right things and leading the right life.” — Anurag Shourie Copy Share Image
“Buddhism is more about an ethic and philosophy than an actual religion.” — Ed Hindson Copy Share Image
Discovering the connectedness of the Universe is the ultimate goal of enlightenment. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
WHETHER BEINGS LOVE ME OR FEAR ME IS IRRELEVANT. IF BEINGS GIVE ME THEIR ATTENTION I WILL TAKE THEM TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND… — St. Germain Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is not a goal to be attained, it is a state-of-being to be regained.” — Kim Chestney Copy Share Image
If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment.” — Grace Sara Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the Goal - Love is the Game - Taking steps are the rules! — Alan Rufus Copy Share Image
Buddhism doesn't tell you what is false and what is true but it encourages you to find out for yourself. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is being able to go to your own home and feel comfortable. — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
As a student of enlightenment your attitude should not be to become enlightened. It should be to learn. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment. "Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals" (1785) — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Enlightenment! When it comes, it comes like a brick to the head, doesn't it? — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Dharma is more about empathy than ethics, about intent rather than outcome.” — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
