Enlightenment means that you're never the same. You move and shift as the quiescent state, in a body or out of it.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What brings enlightenment is experience, in the sad sense of this word--the pressure of hard facts and unintelligible troubles, making a man… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
All those who slight me to my face, Or do me any other evil, Even if they blame or slander me, May… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
What a man must do is realize that his continued belief in the inferiority of women is going to produce a type… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
There is no movement in Nirvana. There is no sameness. And one does not consider it to be timeless because one is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and… — Dogen Copy Share Image
From a mind filled with infinite love comes the power to create infinite possibilities. We have the power to think in ways… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“One can be enlightened about proofs as well as theorems. Without enlightenment, one is merely reduced to memorizing proofs. With enlightenment about… — Herbert S. Gaskill Copy Share Image
The origins of the modern West are often seen in the Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, but the roots of… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
“There were so many beliefs which we had about the world, which then influenced everything, everything, about how we saw the world… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“Confucius, Lao Tsz, and Shakya, however, were all the wisest of sages. Each of them gave his teachings in a way different… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, "you" cannot become enlightened, because who you take yourself to be is like a ripple in the ocean of consciousness… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
The road for Arjuna is unexpected. Sri Krishna says you have to face that which you fear the most that which you're… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is possible to renounce everything and attain enlightenment. But most people don't want to renounce; they wish to run away from… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It could manifest and grow like seeds planted throughout your life, so that life itself becomes the guru. The idea is that… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Go directly to Nirvana. Don't pass go - or you'll have kids, you'll grow old together, you'll be born into another realm… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If one is enlightened, one does not perceive life with North, South, East and West. There is no California, there is no… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The dreams of eternity are the states of mind. When we wake up from the dreams there's only enlightenment. There could never… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Can't you just see all those enlightened monkey men sitting around a roaring woodfire around their Buddha saying nothing and knowing everything?” — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Whether a Buddha comes into the world or not, the nature of things is still the nature of things. The Buddha is… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Nirvana isn't a physical place. It is not like going to heaven. It just means no more individualized awareness, no aggregate body… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We are so accustomed to classifying judgments, arguments and deeds in terms of morality that we forget how relatively new the notion… — Alasdair C. MacIntyre Copy Share Image
Non-violence is the essence of the entire Buddha's teaching, and the practice of non-violence is the entire essence of the practice of… — Lobsang Tenzin Copy Share Image
“The here and the beyond are enough, but there were a few angels for whom it was not enough: who demanded a… — Dale Pendell Copy Share Image
There is obstruction. Enlightenment is not very popular in this world. History tells us that enlightened teachers who made themselves largely available… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“What does Absolute (certain, definite) Happiness mean? You don’t have to even make an effort even to doubt it. The happiness that… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Seeing the small is called Clarity. Keeping flexible is called Strength. Using the shining Radiance, You enter the Light, Where no harm… — Laozi Copy Share Image
One should study the Bible alongside other intellectual traditions - such as British constitutionalism, Enlightenment liberalism, and classical republicanism - in order… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
If, after obtaining Buddhahood, anyone in my land gets tossed in jail on a vagrancy rap, may I not attain highest perfect… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
Unity consciousness is a state of enlightenment where we pierce the mask of illusion which creates separation and fragmentation. Behind the appearance… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“When the ego is not, you are for the first time encountering your being. That being is void. Then you can surrender;… — Osho Copy Share Image
Sisterhood is powerful. Woman can support each other as women, in their pursuit for enlightenment or anything else, without fear. But as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddha might be the one thing that could settle Godzilla down. He might say, "Listen Godzilla, you don't have to do all… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
If a man wants to be of the greatest possible value to his fellow-creature s let him begin the long, solitary task… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
As for whether I am a 'new age guru', I am not at all. I help companies build employees who lead without… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
