“Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like Leonard Cohen when he went off to become a Buddhist. — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
I am a humble adherent of...Enlightenment Rationalist Fundamentalism. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
“Why do 'we' (Enlightened One, Dadabhagwan) not have a single obstacle? Because, 'we' are in completely desire-free state.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It is the way it is. But it is not the way it appears to be. Enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You are all Buddhas. There is nothing you need to achieve. Just open your eyes. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Enlightenment simply means that you've run out of questions, and that the answers don't matter anymore. — Frederick Lenz 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
“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
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
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
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
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
“The only barrier to Self-realization or enlightenment is the ego. The ego is the false identification with names and forms. Once this… — Akshay Kulkarni Copy Share Image
“The Buddhist teachings move along a graduated path: first the stages of calm abiding and then the stages of deep insight. Through… — Ogyen Trinley Dorje Copy Share Image
“The aspirant would do well to avoid those ‘spiritual teachers’ who delight in pointing out the evils of the world. These are… — Prem Prakash Copy Share Image
“The age of empire and the rise of the west were built on the capacity to inflict violence on a major scale.… — Peter Frankopan Copy Share Image
Metaphysics is the study of how to shift the self. How to get outside the self-reflection and to just gaze with awe… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Men are suppressing woman politically, philosophically, socially, through denying them education, equal rights, equal employment, and just by setting up a description… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It's owed to us through immunities of our individualities but we're deceived and become surety. Sure to be if we grow in… — Jose R. Coronado Copy Share Image
“The Highest Good consists," says he, "in the emptiness of mind and non-attachment. Transcendence is its cause, and Nirvana is its result.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
