--- title: "10 Enlightenment Simply Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 10 Enlightenment Simply quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Enlightenment Simply sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_an-enlightened-person-doesn-t-know-it-al_625990.jpg" --- > [An enlightened person doesn't know it all. Enlightenment simply means walking beyond this and all worlds into nirvana, which is beyond knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/an-enlightened-person-doesn-t-know-it-all-enlightenment-simply-means/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_an-enlightened-person-doesn-t-know-it-al_625990.jpg) > [Enlightenment simply means that you've gotten above the body-mind complex. You've refined the self, dissolved it in the white light of eternity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/enlightenment-simply-means-that-you-ve-gotten-above-the-body-mind/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/frederick-lenz-8_body_enlightenment-simply-means-that-you-ve-g_1829877.jpg) > [Enlightenment doesn't mean you stop being a student. Being a student is a state of mind. Enlightenment simply means that you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/enlightenment-doesn-t-mean-you-stop-being-a-student-being-a-student/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_enlightenment-doesn-t-mean-you-stop-bein_849677.jpg) > [The purpose of enlightenment is certainly not the teacher, nor is it you. It doesn't have a purpose. Enlightenment simply exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-purpose-of-enlightenment-is-certainly-not-the-teacher-nor-is-it/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_the-purpose-of-enlightenment-is-certainl_1958016.jpg) > [Enlightenment is simply sanity~ the sanity in which I see my real situation in the living fabric of all that exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-franck/enlightenment-is-simply-sanity-the-sanity-in-which-i-see-my-real/) [Frederick Franck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-franck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/frederick-franck-13665_buddhism_enlightenment-is-simply-sanity-the-sanit_185383.jpg) > [Enlightenment simply means that you've run out of questions, and that the answers don't matter anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/enlightenment-simply-means-that-you-ve-run-out-of-questions-and-that/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/frederick-lenz-8_answers_enlightenment-simply-means-that-you-ve-r_462964.jpg) > [The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-aim-of-public-education-is-not-to-spread-enlightenment-at-all-it-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/anonymous-1_aim_the-aim-of-public-education-is-not-to-sp_3153206.jpg) > [Buddhists don't feel that enlightenment is particularly unusual. We feel that it's the natural state. Enlightenment simply means perceiving life directly as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/buddhists-don-t-feel-that-enlightenment-is-particularly-unusual-we/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_buddhists-don-t-feel-that-enlightenment_283831.jpg) > [“Enlightenment is simply realizing the indisputable Truth of who you are. You are fundamentally complete in every respect, and cannot be improved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-palmer/enlightenment-is-simply-realizing-the-indisputable-truth-of-who-you/) [Jim Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/jim-palmer-18128_buddhism_enlightenment-is-simply-realizing-the-in_248255.jpg) > [ “THE DIRECT EXPLANATION OF THE REAL ORIGIN\[FN#376\] 5. The Ekayana Doctrine that Teaches the Ultimate Reality. This doctrine teaches us that all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/the-direct-explanation-of-the-real-origin-fn-376-5-the-ekayana/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/kaiten-nukariya-793_birth-and-death_the-direct-explanation-of-the-real-origi_806925.jpg) ## Top authors on Enlightenment Simply - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enlightenment-simply/frederick-lenz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enlightenment-simply/#itemlist", "name": "Enlightenment Simply Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An enlightened person doesn't know it all. 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Your true Self is one with God and there is nothing to add, achieve, or improve.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Palmer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-palmer/enlightenment-is-simply-realizing-the-indisputable-truth-of-who-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/jim-palmer-18128_buddhism_enlightenment-is-simply-realizing-the-in_248255.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/jim-palmer-18128_buddhism_enlightenment-is-simply-realizing-the-in_248255.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/jim-palmer-18128_buddhism_enlightenment-is-simply-realizing-the-in_248255.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Enlightenment is simply realizing the indisputable Truth of who you are. 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The great Enlightened One, having compassion on them, taught that everything in the universe is unreal. He pointed out that the Real Spirit of Mysterious Enlightenment (within them) is pure and exactly the same as that of Buddha. Therefore he says in Avatamsaka-sutra[FN#379]: \"There are no sentient beings, the children of Buddha, who are not endowed with wisdom of Tathagata;[FN#380] but they cannot attain to Enlightenment simply because of illusion and attachment. When they are free from illusion, the Universal Intelligence,[FN#381] the Natural Intelligence,[FN#382] the Unimpeded Intelligence,[FN#383] will be disclosed (in their minds).\" [FN#376]”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kaiten Nukariya" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/the-direct-explanation-of-the-real-origin-fn-376-5-the-ekayana/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/kaiten-nukariya-793_birth-and-death_the-direct-explanation-of-the-real-origi_806925.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/kaiten-nukariya-793_birth-and-death_the-direct-explanation-of-the-real-origi_806925.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/kaiten-nukariya-793_birth-and-death_the-direct-explanation-of-the-real-origi_806925.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“THE DIRECT EXPLANATION OF THE REAL ORIGIN[FN#376] 5. 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