Meditation is a bright, hopeful practice in which we learn to make our mind quiet so that the infinite, perfect light of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. Life is not easy. The road to happiness is not a path well trotted. You… — Jamie Campbell Bower Copy Share Image
“We are all born to fly. Instead, we sit on the branches afraid of the leap into the unknown. But the unknown… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
The Bhagavad Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
“When you refuse to entertain the possibility of a solution because you “know” it will not work, then you have successfully strengthened… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment was not just Gautama Buddha's, but you too, individually, must find this new perspective of life, this new point of view… — Gyomay M Kubose Copy Share Image
We have ideas of God and nirvana or truth or enlightenment. These ideas will go away in nirvana because the suffusion is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The art of dharma practice requires commitment, technical accomplishment, and imagination. As with all arts, we will fail to realize its full… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“It is because we feel that we are separate from nature that we also feel it is okay to manipulate it, pollute… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
I am making an Enlightenment Capsule for the audience to meditate inside - virtual reality in which people can experience ancient ideas… — Mariko Mori Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
When I read or hear of the mutual injuries of England and Ireland, I fancy it would have been a blessed thing… — Sara Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Listen! Here’s all you need to know to become enlightened: Sit down, shut up, and ask yourself what’s true until you know.… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
Well it's always been an interesting area for me. In referencing something I just reread from Dogen it says, "Enlightenment doesn't break… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“There is a story I would like to tell you about a woman who practices the invocation of the Buddha Amitabha's name.… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Almost anyone can see the golden light in an enlightened master's aura when the master meditates, unless, of course, the person is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Zen teachers expound with strong conviction. Enlightened Consciousness is, according to Zen, the centre of spiritual life. It is the mind of… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The practice of meditation is a way of continuing one's confusion, chaos, aggression, and passion—but working with it, seeing it from the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“It is neither cowardice nor betrayal to insist that the Enlightenment's main lesson is to be mindful of how much it has… — Samuel Moyn Copy Share Image
In the spiritual search doubt is beneficial, a closed mind is not. Doubt used wisely assists enlightenment; a closed mind assists ignorance. — Ian Gardner Copy Share Image
The Lord Buddha was once asked by a disciple to sum up the whole of His teaching in one verse. He replied:… — Arthur E. Powell Copy Share Image
That which is right is different for each one of us in each situation. There isn't a moral code that I or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is possible to move to an enlightened state of mind from a lower bardo or level of awareness. It can happen,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“the teachings of the Buddha are always meant to be put into practice in order to remove mental afflictions and suffering, and… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
We, especially those of us in depoliticized and pacified societies, need to cast a colder eye at our self-perceptions, now and in… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
What the enlightened person sees no one could ever tell or describe. Wonder beyond belief. We live in a universe filled with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To an experienced Zen Buddhist, asking if one believes in Zen or one believes in the Buddha, sounds a little ludicrous, like… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
It's an adversarial world outside of the safety of nirvana and enlightenment. In life, all beings need to feed on other beings… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught… — Akkineni Nagarjuna Copy Share Image
To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Marx's early manuscripts, with their roots in the Enlightenment and Romanticism, derived fundamental concepts such as alienation from a conception of human… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This watchfulness, this witnessing is the ultimate secret of creating a religious life, of creating a life of transcendence, a life of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Our senses inform us of the colour, weight, and consistence of bread; but neither sense nor reason can ever inform us of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Religions are the training wheels of self enlightenment. They can be helpful in the beginning but at some point they must be… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
“To just be--to be--amidst all doings, achievings, and becomings. This is the natural state of mind, or original, most fundamental state of… — Lama Surya Das Copy Share Image
“To see through the illusion of duality, remember that fear and darkness have no substance in themselves, for they do not indicate… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
After his great awakening, the Buddha continued to meditate and to devote himself to others; otherwise his vision would have receded into… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Even in the world, the yogi who faithfully discharges his responsibilities, without personal motive or attachment, treads the sure path of enlightenment. — Mahavatar Babaji Copy Share Image
The idea that Buddhism denies what is called in the West 'individual immortality' is a mistake, so far as the Buddhist scriptures… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
