How do you become enlightened? I don't know: Luck, karma, skill, friends in high places, friends in low places. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
“And I envy you. You have the one thing that matters. You have all your discoveries before you.” — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that. — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I'm an old-fashioned guy. I believe in the Enlightenment, and reason, and logic, and you know, facts.” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sex does drain a certain amount of your occult energy. But that really has nothing to do with enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities. — Vic Braden Copy Share Image
“One of the most despicable religious fallacies is that suffering is ennobling, that it is a step on the path to some… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
In the enlightenment cycle, attention is paid to bringing back the awareness field from other lives. This does not simply mean memory,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Technology isn't fulfilling its promise of unlimited progress and solving every problem through technology. With the Enlightenment and its aftermath, there already… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The key to enlightenment lies in a secret that very few people have ever known, but which Jesus knew well. The way… — Gary Renard Copy Share Image
We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities. Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“Fifteen years ago, a business manager from the United States came to Plum Village to visit me. His conscience was troubled because… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Anything that really frightens you may contain a clue to enlightenment. It may indicate to you how deeply you are attached to… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Retreating from the world will not liberate you. Happiness is not found in a secluded forest hut or isolated cave. Enlightenment comes… — Guo Jun Copy Share Image
“I am Life Your pure essence, spirit and seed of existence itself, That lies within you, longing to awaken and flourish. I… — Patsie Smith Copy Share Image
“Tathagata (another name for Buddha) gives life to all beings, just as the lake Anavatapta gives rise to the four great rivers."… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The ego is the culmination of our preferences and dislikes. Our ego represents the firm edges of how we perceive ourselves. An… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
