Enlightenment Quotes · Page 32

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.

— Ramana Maharshi

Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“When one does ‘Everywhere Adjust’, one is said to have completely attained the talk of the Vitrags (The Enlightened Ones).”

— Dada Bhagwan

“It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us." - Tilopa”

— Lama Surya Das

A woman's place, her entire experience in life, has been and in many places still is dependent upon the man she marries.

— Frederick Lenz

“Many people are so poor that the only thing they have is money. Cultivate your spiritual growth.”

— Rodolfo Costa

The Bhagavadgita is a gospel of non-co-operation between the forces of darkness and those of light.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Enlightenment is just great common sense with a really cool name”

— johnjwillard

“People on the path don't have a choice but to keep on going, being ruled by the Law of Karma. The best…

— Master Del Pe

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the…

— John Lubbock

Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that 'I must lead all the beings to nirvana,…

— Buddha

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

“[Josiah P. Mendum memorial at Paine Hall] [He turned] the strait-laced Boston of sixty years ago [into] the enlightened Hub of today,…

— Josiah P. Mendum

Even if you do so that knowledge of the guru. He is like a disciple of Guru' duty of honor now. even…

— Mak_786

“The real world reveals itself like surprise gifts on our doorstep, special moments that seem above and beyond the reality of others.…

— Christopher Hawke

“When a bully is held accountable for his actions, his future actions will change. Bad behavior only continues for those who allow…

— Gary Hopkins

“According to the Buddhist tradition, the spiritual path is the process of cutting through our confusion, of uncovering the awakened state of…

— Chögyam Trungpa

“No, on the contrary! In enlightenment you have freed yourself of any sense of “I”, and you certainly have not evolved into…

— Jan Esmann

“Rituals, ceremonies, prayers, and special outfits are inevitable, but they do not—they cannot—express the heart of what the Buddha taught. In fact,…

— Steve Hagen

We can step out of our small sense of self and awaken to this reality. One of the reasons people get confused…

— Jack Kornfield

“I once found an ego, crawling around and trying to shine on me. I took it in my arms and the ego…

— Robin Sacredfire

“The original reality of Amitabha is our own Dharma body, It shines out brightly everywhere, in the South, North, East, and West,…

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“    In a thousand years or ten thousand, no one would remember my nation. It, too, would share in oblivion and prove to…

— Miller Rory

“We alone control our final form through our conscious actions. We become the product of the movement of our mind and our…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“If we can’t be ballplayers together, maybe I can start bein’ a Buddhist.”

— David James Duncan

“Finding the calmness or serenity in oneself effectively diffuses the judgments of others”

— Gary Hopkins

“Being enlightened ironically means realizing that there is no separate entity that can be enlightened or unenlightened.”

— Enza Vita

Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears.

— Nhat Hanh

[In] the post-Enlightenment world, science [has] taken the place of magic, miracles, and superstition.

— Jonah Goldberg

“Burying oneself in holy books and traditions, doesn't bring holiness, what does is, losing oneself in the service of others.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

— Idries Shah

“Jesus was indoctrinated in the Therapeutae Buddhist Monk tradition.”

— Lee Vickers

“There is no satyayug, tretayug, dvapar or kali, there is only abhiyug - the yug here and now.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“The unseen essential awaits your enlightened heart's ascension to love.”

— Bryant McGill

Simple kindness to one's self and all that lives is the most powerful transformational force of all.

— Anonymous

The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.

— Ajahn Sumedho

The secret to enlightenment is kindness and selfless giving. Without that, it's just words, isn't it?

— Frederick Lenz

I believe I was at the peak of my enlightenment when I use to say you want fries with that.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

Good humor and enthusiasm should be the sunshine ahead that will keep that shadow behind.

— Charles W. Field

Buddha had said: "Each of us is a God. Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear…

— Dan Brown