Buddhism Quotes by Adyashanti

18 Buddhism quotes by Adyashanti

Adyashanti’s 18 reflections cut straight to the core of awakening, urging readers to let go of concepts and simply be. The tone is raw, inviting, and unapologetically direct.

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Enlightenment is, in the end, nothing more than the natural state of being.

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Enlightenment is a destructive process.

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Enlightenment is the unaltered state of consciousness

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Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that.

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The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.

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You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake.

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It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is…

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Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of…

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The aim of my teaching is enlightenment, awakening from the dream state of separateness into the reality of the One. In short,…

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Enlightenment is the natural state of consciousness, the innocent state of consciousness, that state which is uncontaminated by the movement of thought,…

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Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I…

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It is not the pursuit of greater and greater states of happiness and bliss that leads to enlightenment, but the yearning for…

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“Enlightenment depends to a large extent on believing that you are born for Freedom in this lifetime, and that it is available…

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The joke of it all is that you are looking from your true nature right now without knowing it. If you would…

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“One of my favorite definitions of enlightenment comes from a Jesuit priest named Anthony de Mello, who passed away some years ago.…

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The Buddha's insight into the middle way is not simply about a balance between extremes. This conventional understanding misses the deeper revelation…

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It is easy to imagine that the Buddha, the awakened one, is something or somewhere other than here or that awakening to…

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“Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special, it’s not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment…

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