“Meditation doesn’t lead to enlightenment because in meditation the ego is trying to destroy the ego.” — Donald O'Donovan Copy Share Image
It is not the pursuit of greater and greater states of happiness and bliss that leads to enlightenment, but the yearning for… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“According to Zen Buddhists, all things have their existence in The Void. The Void is that which is no-thing, but contains all… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Do not feel that you are destined not to make that final liberation in this life. This is egotism in a reverse… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My father gave me a copy of 'Seven Years in Tibet,' and that's what turned me on to Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
There is a certain beauty and refinement that is often found in our world and it is expensive. It shouldn't necessarily be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We are intelligent atoms. We are intelligent organic structures. We can change who we are. We can heal ourselves. With genetic engineering,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Afghanistan, believed by anthropologists to be one of the original historical meeting places between the East and the West, has in fact… — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
Because a human being is endowed with empathy, he violates the natural order if he does not reach out to those who… — Dayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
Why don't the names of Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius offend people? The reason is that these others didn't claim to be God, but… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
“Quietism, Buddhism, and other religions, everything which denies the flesh—is the great inferiority to God in ourselves, an escapism seeking sanctuary through… — Austin Osman Spare Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is not only the end of suffering and of continuous conflict within and without, but also the end of the dreadful… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Ego is impurity. Be selfless. Consecrate and dedicate your life to perfection. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
All the buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be — don´t try to become. Within… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The limits on your enlightenment come not from the age you stopped going to school but from the age you stopped being… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“To most Westerners, the Philippines suffers from a lack of exoticism. Simply put, Philippine culture is just too accessible. To a young… — Steven Martin Copy Share Image
“Shiva is saying: the body is a product of nature and your will to do. The nature is merely the source, the… — Osho Copy Share Image
It is always easier to capture eternity in the falling snow or along the coast where the waves crash and in solitary… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Strange enlightenments are vouchsafed to those who seek the higher places. — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close to the mother. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
One of the ideas that runs through this book [Lincoln in the Bardo] is this Buddhist notion that the mind is incredibly… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Scientology, Buddhism, the Kabbalah... if it makes people's lives better, and easier, then I'll do it. Why not? People scoffed at Christianity… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
