Yet Gotama's Dhamma is more than just a series of axioms. It is to be lived rather than simply adopted and believed… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
The pathway to enlightenment is happiness. It doesn't really matter if you're successful, if you're in prison, if you're dying - if… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no human life or experience is to… — Taitetsu Unno Copy Share Image
“The calligraphy reads, “Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.” Listening to talks about the dharma, or the teachings of… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“[The Buddha] is not dividing himself into worthy and unworthy pieces; he is one being, indivisible, immune from the tendency to double… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
I am a liberated teacher. A person who meditates with me, even though they may be thousands of miles away, will draw… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While 'Buddhism' suggests another belief system, 'dharma practice' suggests a course of action. The four ennobling truths are not propositions to believe;… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“But I wish to be enlightened.' 'Let me caution you against it.' 'Is enlightenment on the subject, then, so terrible?' 'Yes, indeed.'… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“This view was prevalent in Japan in the sixth century A.D., when Buddhism first reached that country. The Government, being in doubt… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Such is his power that karma can't hold him. No… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Most people think that an enlightened Buddhist Teacher is a fireman; His job is to put the fire out so that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I reject karma and rebirth not only because I find them unintelligible, but because I believe they obscure and distort what the… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
The outer is easier, and the outer is objective. For example, one man, Thomas Alva Edison, discovers electricity and the whole of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Ah Buddha, you boastful charlatan. You may have learned nothing after 6 years of suffering, but then what of 7 years? What… — Mark X Copy Share Image
“I died as mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I… — Rumi Copy Share Image
So an ancient once said, "Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life". Don't expect your practice to be clear of obstacles.… — Kyongho Copy Share Image
“I now understand why my guru told me not to read other commentaries onthe Bhagavad Gita. He didn't want my mind influenced… — Paramhansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Everyone should not be ordained, but for those who really feel that the only thing that matters in this world is the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Meditation is an excellent habit and tool for transformation, however your ‘practice’ should eventually evolve into your natural primary state of being.” — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“When the charging (of karma) stops, the binding of new 'sansar' (worldly life) ends. The state that 'I am the doer' never… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
There's a path in enlightenment called the path of negation where we intentionally throw ourselves into experiences that are extremely transient. In… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“And is it only a dream, that in the end man will find his joy in deeds of enlightenment and mercy alone,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Dualistic doctrines that regard mind and body as separate entities do not provide much enlightenment on the nature of the disembodied mental… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
You can't teach someone to be enlightened. It's something you have to go and do. You can't teach someone to meditate well.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I stopped living a long time ago, in order to simply exist. Now I am trying to leave existence, in order to… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
There is the experience of enlightenment, to be very aware of what lies beyond the boundaries of cognitive perception, reflection and self-awareness… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is very possible for the ordinary individual. Actually, it is easier than for someone who thinks that they are special. — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
“Quotes and notes to self – Find your inner peace! Don’t be caught up in your outer world. Pay greater attention to… — Allan Rufus Copy Share Image
“Sooner or later on this journey, every traveller faces the same question: Are you a human intending to be a god, or… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
Buddhism - Tibetan Buddhism - teaches us many things, peace comes from within, we must be free ourselves from earthly desires... — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
Kung fu was made so the monks could train their bodies and move their bodies with strength, so they could be physical… — RZA Copy Share Image
The intuitive wisdom that comes from your infinite mind can add to your creativity, success and well-being, and can take you to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We erase ourselves; we go away. But we don't really go away, and we don't really erase ourselves, since we were never… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ashrams often become places where there is a hierarchy and a pecking order and not much enlightenment. That is what some people… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can experience ecstasy in any dimension and at any time. Enlightenment is not related to where your physical or astral body… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Borrowing knowledge of reality from all sources, taking the best from every study, Science of Mind brings together the highest enlightenment of… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
“We are all caught in natural and social frameworks, subject to an overwhelming abundance of challenges and enticements that prevent us from… — Stefan Emunds Copy Share Image
“The worldly life is created through wrong understanding and is dissolved through understanding. The Gnani Purush (Enlightened One) gives all types of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
![“[The Buddha] is not dividing himself into worthy and unworthy pieces; he is one being, indivisible, immune from the tendency to double back and beat up on himself. He has seen the worst in himself and not been taken down.” quote by Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e84/mark-epstein-15760_buddha_the-buddha-is-not-dividing-himself-into_1233367.png)
![“Ah Buddha, you boastful charlatan. You may have learned nothing after 6 years of suffering, but then what of 7 years? What of 17? What might you have learned from a lifetime of pain? [...] From what I can tell, the wisest man in all these scriptures was the first person Buddha ever tried to teach…” quote by Mark X](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e70/mark-x-50046_asceticism_ah-buddha-you-boastful-charlatan-you-may_3203888.jpg)
![“Kung fu was made so the monks could train their bodies and move their bodies with strength, so they could be physical enough to gain mental enlightenment. Before that, they kept falling asleep when [masters] were trying to teach them.” quote by RZA](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/01e/rza-1981_body_kung-fu-was-made-so-the-monks-could-trai_1995516.jpg)
