Enlightenment Quotes · Page 30

To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.

— Tenzin Palmo

Buddhism is the study of changing who we are, modifying or perhaps totally restructuring ourselves as perceivers.

— Frederick Lenz

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

— Gautama Buddha

Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain.

— Nour

“Journey to Enlightenment Emotions must come to the surface to release the past that binds.”

— Dana Dason

Buddha is pretty funny. Buddha is the coolest, though. If I had to go with one, I'd probably party with the Buddha.

— Jack Black

Your very own sister may take your husband away and your husband may be the ticket for economic survival.

— Frederick Lenz

“Whoever said ignorance is bliss has never known the joy of enlightenment.”

— Denise Camille Frye

“Methods can become an obstacle to abiding in non-dual awareness if the practitioner believes that one must use the practice to renounce…

— Tenzin Wangyal

We can continue our quest for improvement or not. We can search for happiness, enlightenment, security or identity or not. The search…

— Steven Harrison

What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion…

— Henry Miller

“When monks deny the existence of the I, they are not denying the existence of humanity or of man in general; but…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

We are approaching a time when Christians, especially, may have to declare the social contract between Enlightenment rationalists and Biblical believers -…

— Cal Thomas

Sahaja samadhi means that you have just gone back and forth so many times that there is no back and forth. All…

— Frederick Lenz

Total relaxation is the ultimate. That's the moment when one becomes a buddha. That is the moment of realization, enlightenment, christ-consciousness. You…

— Rajneesh

Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains.…

— Gautama Buddha

In a nutshell: if freedom visualised by the Enlightenment and demanded/promised by Marx was made to the measure of the ideal producer;…

— Zygmunt Bauman

“Buddha is a precedent more than a prophet; and where Jesus came to earth as the way, the truth, and the life,…

— Anonymous

“The teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible. The religion of Buddha has…

— Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

“Primordial wisdom [Skt. jñāna; Tib. ཡེ་ཤེས་, yeshé; Wyl. ye shes] has many names, but in truth it refers simply to the inseparability…

— Jamgön Mipham

Buddha wrote a code which he said would be useful to guide men in darkness, but he never claimed to be the…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“Pagoda are the centre of Burmese spiritual life, and every town and village has one. People visit the pagoda daily or weekly…

— Emma Larkin

“The Gnani Purush (the enlightened one) has natural and spontaneous forgiveness (sahaj kshama) even for those worthy of punishment; that forgiveness is…

— Dada Bhagwan

Duality is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts. All our concepts and beliefs, no matter how profound…

— Namkhai Norbu

At the beginning and the middle and the end of all things, there is only the perfection of enlightenment that is nirvana.

— Frederick Lenz

Something in you wants to go beyond, wants to be free from this endless round of perception. Enlightenment is that.

— Frederick Lenz

“Of course balance is the key to enlightenment and no one can be perfect all the time.”

— Lee Vickers

“You can lead an idiot to enlightenment but you can't make him think.”

— Anthony Foster

An enlightened person does not ignore things and does not stick to things, not even to the truth.

— Shunryu Suzuki

Krishna once said to Arjuna: Consider the past and future with an equal mind, and pass the peanut M&M's.

— Frederick Lenz

In Buddhism, you have to believe in yourself. You don't believe something external guides your life. You do it yourself.

— Roberto Baggio

Enlightenment will be now the beginning, not the end. Beginning of a non-ending process in all dimensions of richness.

— Anonymous

Enlightenment is a journey. It is a journey that is made alone. It is a journey that is made with a teacher.

— Frederick Lenz

“Samsara is one flower. Nirvana is another flower. Enlightenment happens when both the flowers blooms.”

— Amit Ray

Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment.

— Dalai Lama

Once you have mastered the ten thousand states of mind, it's paranirvana, the absorption into the stillness forever.

— Frederick Lenz

There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.

— Gautama Buddha

The Enlightenment needs more shadow; the Romantic Movement less.

— Mason Cooley

Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete.

— Frederick Lenz

“Actual freedom has not increased in proportion to man's awareness of it.”

— Albert Camus