I think it's so important to have a practice, because the consciousness isn't perfection or enlightenment or any of that bullshit. The… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
In the course of time one does not feel even the existence of God. After attaining enlightenment one sees that gods and… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the… — John Burdett Copy Share Image
Men of vision caught glimpses of truth and beauty shining aloft like stars: and in these glimpses was a new hope for… — Robert Falconer Copy Share Image
I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion.… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
There is a still point in eternity. There is a still point where all things intersect. There is a still point beyond… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When you love yourself, utterly and completely, all of yourself, what you will discover then is that you love others, all others,… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
Meditate on enlightenment. Read the exploits of the great teachers, the great saints. They'll inspire you. Their power is there. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The male establishment power structure has not really changed its attitude towards women. They did not give these rights to women out… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Muhammad brought down from heaven and put into the Koran not religious doctrines only, but political maxims, criminal and civil laws, and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“In what is now known as Bodh Gaya…a Buddhist temple stands beside an ancient pipal, descended from that bodhi tree, or “enlightenment… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“A koan is like a riddle that’s supposed to help you toward enlightenment in Zen Buddhism. For my answer, I wrote about… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Let me say (a few words) about this doctrine by way of criticism. So many Kalpas we spent never meeting with this… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The Buddha grew up in a relatively well-to-do family. although there were some fucked up moments, his childhood was filled with lots… — VD Copy Share Image
When I talk about the realm of spirit, happiness, nirvana, enlightenment, I'm not talking about something ideal or imaginary. There are realms… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Words are a human way of trying to describe things. But they're much more of interference than they are a help in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When we are truly able to see and understand life, its reality, its value and beauty as well as its troubles, we… — Gyomay M Kubose Copy Share Image
There's a Buddhist story about the guy who wants to be enlightened, and then he gets a cow and a wife and… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It’s only the ego that wants to surrender the ego; the real meaning of surrender does not involve anything external. It means… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something,… — Joko Beck Copy Share Image
Wisdom, in the world of enlightenment, is not gained through conversation. Wisdom and enlightenment is something that you gain by making the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddha gave up his throne and renounced his position, that was true renunciation; but there cannot be any question of renunciation in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“If you stay on this path as long as I have, you’ll soon learn that the road to providence leads right through… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The enlightened teacher is someone who has become absorbed in eternity. While they may have a body like others, the essence of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Nothing can be the total truth in the worlds of manifestation and the more solid your concepts, the more likely they are… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
Buddhism helps us to overcome our endless ego grasping mind to open up to something so much more spacious and genuinely meaningful. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
When you visit Nirvana, there is neither existence nor nonexistence. Your baggage never arrives because there is no one there to claim… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To those who are trained in science, creationism seems a bad dream, a sudden coming back to life of a nightmare, a… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
The future is certain for those who follow dharma. Those who don't follow dharma are pushed back again and again into the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The pathos of the human life teaches one that idolatry of the ego is a sham. Only by living in harmonious accord… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Discipline is good but putting yourself in a Routine is not very productive as your mind starts working unconsciously instead of you… — Ritu Negi Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment doesn’t make us a better person if we seek it just for us. It doesn’t erase our desires or put an… — Balroop Singh Copy Share Image
If you are going to experience the ecstasy of enlightenment, it is not just going to be a phrase. You've got to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I mean that much more than wiser beings from beyond the stars bringing us enlightenment or death or salvation, we are likely… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is living in the light of cosmic collaboration. Collaboration gives us the freedom to come out of the boundaries of limited… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
