What fun is life if it's taken so seriously, and what fun is yoga and the search for enlightenment if we are… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
...the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whaterver form. Both are illusions. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The thousand petal lotus of light, the crown center, really does not become operative until one is on the verge of enlightenment… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Network of Enlightenment watches over a world and guides it, tenderly. Not interfering in its natural course of evolution is our… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The teachings of the Buddha could be summarized in four short sentences. ... [The Buddha] said ... The bad things, don't do… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You may have thousands of lives to go between now and before you're a real hard-core seeker of enlightenment, hardcore meaning you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Patanjali, Buddha, Moses and Jesus did not go to workshops or seminars or even churches. They went directly to nature: sat under… — Dolores Lachapelle Copy Share Image
Enlightenment does not come by reading many books, obtaining multiple academic degrees, meditating and starving the body under an ancient tree or… — Prem Tihan Copy Share Image
“Real Buddhism is not really an “ism.” It’s a process, an awareness, an openness, a spirit of inquiry—not a belief system, or… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
Let us respect and honor all who seek enlightenment through love and understanding; also, let us not disregard nor silence religion, the… — Johnny Luckett Copy Share Image
“We are not told of things that happened to specific people exactly as they happened; but the beginning is when there are… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
“Whether pilgrim or wayfarer, while seeking to be taught the Truth (or something), the disciple learns only that there is nothing that… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
“You listen to anybody who suppresses you. And your personality fractures into thousands of pieces. Until you begin to listen to the… — Osho Copy Share Image
“Enlightened Consciousness is not an Intellectual Insight. Enlightened Consciousness is not a bare intellectual insight, for it is full of beautiful emotions.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
A time comes when it isn't enough to read about Buddha, we wish to have that happen to ourselves. That's when we… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nothing has to be changed, because all is beautiful - that is enlightenment. All is as it should be, everything is perfect.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment has always aimed at liberating men from fear and establishing their sovereignty. Yet the fully enlightened earth radiates disaster triumphant. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
I like Miracles. They inspire me. Miracles are the fun of enlightenment. When a teacher does a miracle, and everyone sees it,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Rama is a fairly common name in India. It symbolizes an individual who is interested both in enlightenment and martial arts. I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Once you are enlightened, you can do whatever you want without fear or sorrow. You can go snowboarding, get married, stay single,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I did not tell Fat this, but technically he had become a Buddha. It did not seem to me like a good… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“We' (Enlightened One, Dadabhagwan) have only one desire. And that too a disappearing one; the one for Jagat Kalyan (salvation of the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
If you seek to develop the mind fully, for the enlightenment process, you will benefit if your career is related to computer… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“You may wander all over in the world. If no one can seize your chit, then you are free. I have seen… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
We remember a few people who've been enlightened. We build churches and edifices in their name. But few people, if any, feel… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
That's the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You're an emanation of enlightenment. Enlightenment, which is the universe, has created the hallucination that is you in a form that shifts. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Everyone smiles in the same language, Happiness knows no frontiers, no age. No difference thar makes us feel apart if a smile… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“I wonder how it can be considered that science disenchants the world. The power of the spells of physics to make the… — Robin Ince Copy Share Image
The path to enlightenment is really very simple - all we need to do is stop cherishing ourself and learn to cherish… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
When you visit Nirvana, there is neither existence nor nonexistence. Your baggage never arrives because there is no one there to claim… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism helps us to overcome our endless ego grasping mind to open up to something so much more spacious and genuinely meaningful. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Nothing can be the total truth in the worlds of manifestation and the more solid your concepts, the more likely they are… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
The enlightened teacher is someone who has become absorbed in eternity. While they may have a body like others, the essence of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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