I believe I was at the peak of my enlightenment when I use to say you want fries with that. — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
Many Eastern spiritual groups feel that women are not capable of enlightenment. They advise women to have sons and pray to be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A fish swims in the ocean, and no matter how far it swims there is no end to the water. A bird… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
“A compulsive external search only leads us to the interpretation of another’s path. True identity and sustained harmony can only be achieved… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
An enlightened person doesn't know it all. Enlightenment simply means walking beyond this and all worlds into nirvana, which is beyond knowledge… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In the search of truth I lost myself; in the search of myself I found God.” — Shiva Negi Copy Share Image
“The feeling was less like chemical intoxication than being drunk on life. Spinning round and round, he experienced absolute bliss— unadulterated and… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
There is competition in Zen. Let's not be ridiculous. There is competition in everything in life; being a winner in Zen means,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Sandals. The Sufi teacher Ghulam-Shah was asked what pattern he used in formulating his courses for disciples. He said: 'Barefoot until you… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another.… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“It is my sincere desire that my research and hard work will help create a world where we all learn to walk… — Alexei Maxim Russell Copy Share Image
“One of the most despicable religious fallacies is that suffering is ennobling, that it is a step on the path to some… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Expect forces to interfere with you and expect to conquer them all, if you are serious about the study. Just as there… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
For men, it's necessary to push aside that marvelous ego that tells you that you are all knowing and capable, and see… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the culmination of self-knowledge, pure unadulterated knowledge. Not knowledge you can get from reading a book, it comes from perfecting… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“That which comes and goes is not real; quit chasing it. It doesn't matter. What haven't you lost? That is what‘s important.… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Once you have mastered the ten thousand states of mind, it's paranirvana, the absorption into the stillness forever. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Trees are good for contemplation. Plato and Aristotle did their best thinking in the groves of olives and figs around Athens, and… — Colin Tudge Copy Share Image
