Do you want to do this thing? Sit down and do it. Are you not writing? Keep sitting there. Does it not… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“But to unite in a permanent religious institution which is not to be subject to doubt before the public even in the… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Personally, I always wondered about authors and celebrities who loudly declared there was no God. It was usually when they were healthy… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“As long as we're in a state of confusion, overwhelmed by the three conflicting emotions, trapped in cyclic existence, we're not happy… — Ngagpa Yeshe Dorje Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is the ability to see beyond all the things we make God to find God. We make religion God and so… — Maryknoll Missions Maryknoll Book of Prayer Copy Share Image
“Godmind, Sonnet 2101 Come, look into my eyes, you'll smell the soil from Tabriz, chiming with the whirlwind of Konya. Come, peer… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Relationships are part of a vast plan for our enlightenment; the Holy Spirit's blueprint by with each individual soul is led to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As Enlightenment philosophers and scholars consciously adopted the methods of science to establish such abstract concepts as rights, liberty, and justice, successive… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“I want to help you understand Buddhism from the ground-level, from a totally introductory standpoint, so that you can take from it… — Dominique Francon Copy Share Image
Those who like myself, consider themselves to be followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of other… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of… — Dogen Copy Share Image
You are asking yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?' . . . 'Where am I?' . . . 'Whence… — Bill W Copy Share Image
The closer we are to God, to divine attributes - such as absolute truth, goodness, and beauty - the more we wonder.… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Harvey , Galileo , Copernicus do not seem occult to us, but they did so to their contemporaries, hierophants of the mysteries… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment, first of all, implies an insight into the nature of Self. It is an emancipation of mind from illusion concerning Self.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Teaching a practice can also be a hindrance if it becomes one's identity. To be a spiritual teacher is a temporary function.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“When it shall be desired to enlighten man, let him always have truth laid before him. Instead of kindling his imagination by… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
I've never been uncomfortable with the host of modern gurus, and gurus of different motivations I should say, or different intentions. You… — Maya Tiwari Copy Share Image
The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In dealing with the arrogant asserter of doubt, it is not the right method to tell him to stop doubting. It is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The differences between religions are only differences involving the pathways that lead toward the practice of directly experiencing higher levels of perception… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
“The Enlightenment may have indeed outlived its usefulness, but it is only through Reason's protocols that one can make a coherent case… — James K. Morrow Copy Share Image
“I cast myself across the land in search of enlightenment, and here is what I found: that matter and energy are one… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
“Suffering is one of the greatest spiritual teachers of humanity. Even though none of us really ever welcomes it...having had enough of… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
“Bodhisattvas are referred to as enlightened “heroes” or “warriors.” They are highly altruistic beings who have the wisdom to realize that by… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“When education is overwhelmed by hypermedia, travel facile or ruinous, and work a blurred mixture of more dependence and less meaning, it’s… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
“I approached Buddhism the way I approach almost everything. I read books about it. Even though, at first, I didn't understand much… — Mary Bray Pipher Copy Share Image
There's also something that is often mistaken for enlightenment which is a kind of insanity. Often, people will have some kind of… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“When one of the emperors of China asked Bodhidharma (the Zen master who brought Zen from India to China) what enlightenment was,… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“We cannot learn if we are stuck in our mind’s conditioned way of thinking. We must be open to discovering the Truth,… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“The Zen Monk Kyō Has Changed His Name to Mujū Dōryū. I Wrote This Verse to Celebrate The Great Prospects That Lie… — Baisao Copy Share Image
“... But these skeptics are only selectively skeptical. They think themselves enlightened for resisting all this new proof and remaining steadfast in… — Ken Ilgunas Copy Share Image
If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
No government by experts in which the masses do not have the chance to inform the experts as to their needs can… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Witnessing can be called the seed and enlightenment can be called the flowers. But begin from witnessing, and then it starts growing.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The hilarious irony is that Buddhists - who deny the existence of the self - are the most self-obsessed people you can… — Jack Tanner Copy Share Image
“The blessed Buddhas introduce the disciples into the lack of nature in a gradual way. Those who have practiced merit will easily… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
![“The blessed Buddhas introduce the disciples into the lack of nature in a gradual way. Those who have practiced merit will easily enter into the nature of phenomena. Consequently, [the Buddhas] first talked about generosity and such, since these are the means to enter into the nature of phenomena…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/924/karl-brunnholzl-4600_nature_the-blessed-buddhas-introduce-the-discip_2051940.jpg)
