“If we can’t be ballplayers together, maybe I can start bein’ a Buddhist.” — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you find yourself in some difficulty, step aside, and allow Buddha to take your place. The Buddha is in you. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“All paths are valid, but in the end you will find that the realization of the ultimate truth is a pathless path.” — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
Good humor and enthusiasm should be the sunshine ahead that will keep that shadow behind. — Charles W. Field Copy Share Image
I believe I was at the peak of my enlightenment when I use to say you want fries with that. — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Twenty or twenty-five years ago, contraception and enlightenment were held to be almost synonymous.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment diamond-shaped society, with a huge, prosperous, socially-mobile, empowered middle class, is by far the most productive and creative system the… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that… — Dogen Copy Share Image
It is vain to think that we choose, that our own energy, our own intellect will create the possibility of us experiencing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most people don't care much about enlightenment and the truth. They'd rather watch the Home Shopping Network, and maybe that's another kind… — Frederick Lenz 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
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
“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
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
“Enlightenment is man's exodus from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is the inability to use one's understanding without the guidance of another person..'Dare… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“We believed in another world, but we admitted the feebleness of our senses. Then came 'enlightenment,' and made everything so very clear… — E.T.A. Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“As long as you perceive that anyone is holding you back, you have not taken full responsibility for your own liberation. Liberation… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we fall into the negative so deeply that we do not realize our first instinctive reaction to everything is to think… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
The motive for purifying yourself - that you feel spiritually impure - will prevent any genuine gain until you learn to love… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
“Nirvana is right here, in the midst of the turmoil of life. It is the state you find when you are no… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“We too, must overcome our own Mara, those things that arise in our minds to try to become discouraged and give up… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
God will not let me get the blessing without asking. Today I am setting my face to fast and pray for enlightenment… — Bonar Law Copy Share Image
