“Maybe it’s something which can’t be defined,” Enso Roshi says. “Maybe it’s a question, to be lived.” — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
Madness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness. — Richard Davenport-Hines Copy Share Image
Even though it's not perceivable to the mind or senses, it's there and enlightenment is absolute freedom. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can't buy enlightenment, but you can hire a mirror so you can watch it happen. — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
“The Encyclopedia--the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment...” — Peter Prange Copy Share Image
Honestly admitting what you lost and not trying to rationalize it or push it off is an important step in self-assessment and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
From the point of view of meditation, there is nothing that is not God. When we meditate, we are participating in a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you use your will all the time, then it runs out. You deplete yourself and then, when you really need it,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some kind of a Buddhist. But the essential… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
“Like the Buddha and Jesus, who knew they couldn’t control our lives, but could infuse lives with their selves, we have been… — Anne Lamott 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
The real pleasure,the real peace, the real enlightenment is to give. The more you give the more you get. If you give… — Bikram Choudhury Copy Share Image
“Existentialism “every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind,” we have entered the familiar Wordsworthian Romantic territory in which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is beyond self-improvement and spiritual seeking. It is the final resolution of a case of mistaken identity. It is the direct… — Gary Crowley Copy Share Image
“LEARNING HOW to be kind to ourselves is important. When we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“It seems that, without clarity and honesty, we don't progress. We just stay stuck in the same vicious cycle. But honesty without… — Pema Chodran Copy Share Image
“If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Buddhism offers a way out of delusion by giving the advice to know one’s self well and to ignore both feelings and… — Read trepreneur Copy Share Image
“When we fancy ourselves to be a particular thing with a name, we see ourselves as we would a cork in a… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
So the main question is not, Which humans brought about the death of Jesus but, What did the death of Jesus bring… — John Piper Copy Share Image