For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Amputechture' is my personal way of describing enlightenment, or just the celebration of this person who is a shaman and not a… — Cedric Bixler-Zavala Copy Share Image
The purpose of dharma is to help your mind to expand, to grow, to clarify. It should uphold us and create an… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We need to learn that truth consists not in correct doctrine, but in correct doctrine plus the inward enlightenment of the Holy… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“A ‘Gnani’’ (Enlightened one) is also in ‘prakruti’ (relative self, made of inherent traits). However, the one who remains separate despite staying… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There are many paths that lead to enlightenment. There are lesser enlightenments along the way to a larger enlightenment, referred to sometimes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Many people are benefiting beings, but from a dharma point of view, if you are a dharma practitioner, then the first priority… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“14. Zen and Nirvana. The beatitude of Zen is Nirvana, not in the Hinayanistic sense of the term, but in the sense… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The people who are most discouraged and made despondent by the barbarity and stupidity of human behaviour at this time are those… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Slowly, slowly, his soul was filled with bitterness at the fact that he had stood a step away from enlightenment, from the… — Dmitry Glukhovsky Copy Share Image
The point of the overall meditative path is to have Wakefulness (or Consciousness as Such) transcend and include all state-realms, so it… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“Life remains what it is--deathless and unbound. We shall all meet again. Know what you are, and be free. The best counsel… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
You become a monk and you practice and the teacher tells you what to do. If you find that you have a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share Image
You are a Buddha, and so is everyone else. I didn't make that up. It was the Buddha himself who said so.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
Enlightenment happens only in that moment when there is no complaint in you,when you are not going anywhere, not desiring, not condemning,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“According to the theory of Buddha-nature, the fact that the good become bad or the bad become good, does not imply in… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Everything exists as information in a field of infinite possibilities, and it is our Consciousness that renders the information and causes it… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
We go to the mountain for enlightenment, for self-realization, for adventure, for discovery. It's pregnant with meaning. When people see a mountain,… — Joe Rohde Copy Share Image
“I plan to make the case that we need to move beyond religion if we want to continue the kind of remarkable… — Alan Jeskin Copy Share Image
Nirvana means to extinguish the burning fires of the Three Poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance. This can be accomplished by letting go… — Shinjo Ito Copy Share Image
“The real moment of enlightenment is when your creative imagination has freed you from the picture of reality you had previously drawn!” — Vasilios Karpos Copy Share Image
The role of the artist is like that of an explorer and a teacher - a teacher of seeing. No one is… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
These are the mysterious ways of knowledge, power and enlightenment. I can only allude to them in words. I cannot possibly explain… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism isn't about temples, and incense, and shaved heads, and robes. It's not about church. There are aspects of Buddhism that involve… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
Buddhism ... is not a culture but a critique of culture, an enduring nonviolent revolution or "loyal opposition" to the culture in… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“This is why the higher the peak of enlightenment the people climb, the more widely the vista of moral possibilities open before… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Life is not about focusing on the obstacles. It's about how you handle them, and whether you get enlightenment or levity from… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
In Zen Buddhism, the greater your doubt, the greater will be your enlightenment. That is why doubt can be a good thing.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The pathway to enlightenment is joyful. It may sound harsh. I suggest just the opposite. It is rather easy compared to the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't become a spiritual bigot. Don't feel that just because you meditate and you are striving for enlightenment that you are in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To relate is to react. To react is to understand oneself. To understand oneself is to be enlightened. Relationships are schools for… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
When I meditate, people see manifestations of light when I go into samadhi and through the samadhis. Sometimes the energy of enlightenment… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I don't work with men who are antagonistic to the liberation of women. I do work with quite a number of men… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“One is a Buddhist if he or she accepts the following four truths: All compounded things are impermanent. All emotions are pain.… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Copy Share Image
