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
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
“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
You must continue to go back to the beginning, to the foundation, and question the foundation. Even once you‘ve reached Samadhi you… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle… — Laozi Copy Share Image
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“If peace comes from seeing the whole, then misery stems from a loss of perspective. We begin so aware and grateful. The… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
“You can appreciate your life, even if it is an imperfect situation. Perhaps your apartment is run down and your furniture is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
During the Enlightenment, there were brilliant thinkers who realized that, if you assume most people are naturally selfish and you construct the… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“CONCEPTS AND IDEAS are incapable of expressing reality as it is. Nirvana, the ultimate reality, cannot be described, because it is free… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“It is certain that such a revolution in thought - that is, such an expansion of consciousness, such an evolution of intelligence… — Schwaller de Lubicz Copy Share Image
“Every road leads to sorrow. All aspects that make life beautiful – friendship, love, art, and truth – will end. All aspects… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life surrounds us. Each day we witness the plenteous gifts of nature. Even following the most bitterly cold winter, new life waits… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment depends to a large extent on believing that you are born for Freedom in this lifetime, and that it is available… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
There is nothing that does not get easier through cultivation. The buddhas of the past started out as ordinary beings. They were… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it's perpetual development. Evolutionary enlightenment is about the ecstasy… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
“The very way that you think is a crucial component to your overall health and well being. Living towards the negative will… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
I know many Catholic priests and nuns who use the Buddhist teachings to become better Catholics, and Jews who use them to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The joke of it all is that you are looking from your true nature right now without knowing it. If you would… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“In bidding for popular support and competing with other cults as a parallel religion, the sangha had been losing ground throughout India… — John Keay Copy Share Image
Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of worldly power… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
Yes, our enlightenment process is coming, but now it's about accepting our own imperfection as a human being, and through that we… — Christine McCormick Day Copy Share Image
“Nan Fink Gefen, a Jewish meditation teacher and author of an introduction to Jewish meditation, identifies three major sources of contemporary Jewish… — Rifat Sonsino Copy Share Image
Even if we profess to be non-judgmental, there's an inherent judgmentality and hierarchy in which the spiritual person, the conscious person, the… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
“There are many Arjunas in Kalyuga; they are focused, bright, hard-working, loving, righteous young men who want to change the world. Their… — Vivek Narayan Sharma Copy Share Image
“Any religious expression of truth, however bizzare or uncouth, is more sufficing than any secular one, however elegant and intellectually brilliant. Animistic… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
“In case you haven't noticed, the word has pretty much given up on the old Enlightenment idea of piecing together the truth… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“What is considered as a vow (vrat)? For this Dada [Gnani Purush], the five mahavrats (great vows of truth, non-possessiveness, non-violence, non-stealing,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“All of us must go through the dance of searching out the answers for enlightenment about God. Sometimes all we get are… — Nancy Phippen Browne Copy Share Image
“...new prejudices will serve as well as old ones to harness the great unthinking masses. For this enlightenment, however, nothing is required… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I am a lazy man. Laziness keeps me from believing that enlightenment demands effort, discipline, strict diet, non-smoking, and other evidences of… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
When I talk about the realm of spirit, happiness, nirvana, enlightenment, I'm not talking about something ideal or imaginary. There are realms… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The Buddha grew up in a relatively well-to-do family. although there were some fucked up moments, his childhood was filled with lots… — VD Copy Share Image
“Let me say (a few words) about this doctrine by way of criticism. So many Kalpas we spent never meeting with this… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
![“What is considered as a vow (vrat)? For this Dada [Gnani Purush], the five mahavrats (great vows of truth, non-possessiveness, non-violence, non-stealing, and celibacy as expounded by Lord Mahavir) prevail at all times! He lives in wordly life yet He prevails in the mahavrats, what must that be…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1df/dada-bhagwan-31_body_what-is-considered-as-a-vow-vrat-for-thi_2052481.jpg)
