In the course of time one does not feel even the existence of God. After attaining enlightenment one sees that gods and… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
I think it's so important to have a practice, because the consciousness isn't perfection or enlightenment or any of that bullshit. The… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual,… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
If you have been touched by the success fairy, people think you know why. People think success breeds enlightenment and you are… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“Where Krishna yokes the mind and Arjuna bears the bow, there is always fortune, success, dominion, stability, and law. That is my… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
I don't know if there is really an objective truth about either. I liken this to what Buddhism says about the individual,… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism… — Jan Peter Balkenende Copy Share Image
“Given this wide perspective, all the teachings of the Buddha can be established as the supreme cause for liberation, since all sutras… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“If it has introduced you to the Mahayana Buddhist concept of Sunyata then it has achieved its main goal. Once you experientially… — A.G. Cusick Copy Share Image
Nirvana is the utter extinction of all that is base in us, all that is vicious in us. Nirvana is not like… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“I'm no one... I don't want to be anyone. I stepped into singularity to exist within a void. I'm no one... However,… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
“If I had done nothing more than bring McCabe 's talents to the attention of what has become a world-wide audience--if I… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
“Meditation on the self is the highest form of true method-less meditation, for it brings self-awareness – which is beyond the everyday… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital… — Karen Finerman Copy Share Image
The satsang is - within the mass culture - like little mushrooms here and there, and somebody, maybe a Christian and a… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
It would be exciting to take part in what we now call the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century, but… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
“Serenity of mind produces an expanding awareness that fosters creative selflessness, which in turn enables us to experience unabashed harmony communing in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Put on the music, and listen. Zazen means to sit, to listen. You're listening to enlightenment, to the universes, to the planes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
If your idea of a guru is from a calendar, who has candy-floss beard and a constipated look on the face, then… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
“The understanding that gives rise to intoxication (that “I Know”, “I am something”); that is not the talks of the enlightened one’s… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Human desires cannot be extinguished. Even Buddha, with all his sweet teachings, is not immune to seeking fame and followers. Thus, leaving… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
The word "Guru", as it is used in the contemporary American scene, is someone who takes all your money and tells you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a dharma for yourself, for someone else, for a family, for a nation, for a universe. There are collective and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think it may not be a coincidence that the rise of printing and book publication and literacy and the phenomenon of… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It's everyday for a woman to project a very strong wave of sexual energy through her second attention into a man, for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The ultimate purpose of Zen,' I remembered the roshi telling me, 'is not in the going away from the world but in… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“We attach to anything or anybody because we think that they make us happy. We attach to the happiness so much. On… — Suman Jyoty Bhante Copy Share Image
By nature, it's impossible to describe enlightenment! How do you plan on sharing your enlightenment? Hahaha, that's impossible. Wake up! That'll be… — Osamu Tezuka Copy Share Image
The life of Gautama Buddha illustrates the power of service, compassion and, most importantly, renunciation. He was convinced that material wealth is… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The Bhagavad-Gita is an empire of thought and in its philosophical teachings Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged montheistic deity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm a Buddhist or anything, but I think we've all got, to a certain extent, a predestined life. My… — Howie Long Copy Share Image
If I thought it was my identity to be a spiritual teacher, that would be a delusion. It's not an identity. It's… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Every day Zuigan used to call out to himself, "Master!" and then he answered himself, "Yes, Sir!" And he added, "Awake, Awake!"… — Mumon Copy Share Image
Ultimately, you must forget about technique. The further you progress, the fewer teachings there are. The Great Path is really NO PATH. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Evil is an attack against human spiritual development and enlightenment. All evil, badness, neurosis - it has one motive and one motive… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
