An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary. — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“We are the reflections for the stars to gaze upon, upon a sea of glass.” — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
Nirvana is outside the fun house. You are walking around in the fun house forever. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you want to read a letter from the Buddha's world, it is necessary to understand Buddha's world. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Women have been dependent upon men for their survival, for the survival of their children. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment ideal, which all universities claim to endorse, is that everyone should think for themselves. — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the complete awareness of life without mental modifications. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“There is dharma (religion) in scriptures, but no essence in it. The essence is in the heart of a Gnani (Enlightened One).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm a Buddhist or anything, but I think we've all got, to a certain extent, a predestined life. My… — Howie Long Copy Share Image
I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
There is a dharma for yourself, for someone else, for a family, for a nation, for a universe. There are collective and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The word "Guru", as it is used in the contemporary American scene, is someone who takes all your money and tells you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think it may not be a coincidence that the rise of printing and book publication and literacy and the phenomenon of… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It would be exciting to take part in what we now call the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century, but… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
Put on the music, and listen. Zazen means to sit, to listen. You're listening to enlightenment, to the universes, to the planes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Serenity of mind produces an expanding awareness that fosters creative selflessness, which in turn enables us to experience unabashed harmony communing in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“More and more obstacles seem to be other people's issues that form in the way of a hand to block one, to… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
“For me, Buddhism is like a living organism. If it is to flourish outside self-enclosed ghettos of believers, it will have to… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“The contemporary Enlightenment world prides itself on its commitment to equality and justice, its open-mindedness, its making opportunity available to all, and… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Copy Share Image
I sometimes call my new system 'Italian pagan Catholicism,' but it could more accurately be called 'pragmatic liberalism,' with roots in Enlightenment… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
It is related that Sakyamuni [the historical Buddha] once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“Become the person of no rank. Become the noble soul, and live in this awakened way, not imitating anyone. Whatever the circumstances… — Maurine Stuart Copy Share Image
I don't believe in hell and heaven anymore. Or angels. I think Islam is a superstition like every other superstition. But now… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
So I think the Guru can be a delusion. But everything can be deluding. The thing central about the Guru in the… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
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