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
“Enlightenment and tolerance, it would seem, have little to do with being lettered or unlettered. His” — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment, and I would encourage you to follow that pathway as far as you can, into ecstasy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
“It is neither cowardice nor betrayal to insist that the Enlightenment's main lesson is to be mindful of how much it has… — Samuel Moyn Copy Share Image
The practice of meditation is a way of continuing one's confusion, chaos, aggression, and passion—but working with it, seeing it from the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Almost anyone can see the golden light in an enlightened master's aura when the master meditates, unless, of course, the person is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Zen teachers expound with strong conviction. Enlightened Consciousness is, according to Zen, the centre of spiritual life. It is the mind of… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
We have ideas of God and nirvana or truth or enlightenment. These ideas will go away in nirvana because the suffusion is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment was not just Gautama Buddha's, but you too, individually, must find this new perspective of life, this new point of view… — Gyomay M Kubose Copy Share Image
“When you refuse to entertain the possibility of a solution because you “know” it will not work, then you have successfully strengthened… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
The Bhagavad Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
“At the same time, we may not as a culture be fond of old-fashioned supernaturalism, but we certainly like spirituality in whatever… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
Joy is what we are, not what we must get. Joy is the realization that all we want or need in life… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
As much as we look up at the stars and know there is more than life on earth, the divinity of dogs… — Jennifer Skiff Copy Share Image
The dharma is the most precious thing in the world and we should put it at the center of our hearts and… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“[To think for oneself] is the maxim of a reason never passive. The tendency to such passivity, and therefore to heteronomy of… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else is significant compared to that completely natural, exalted state of consciousness.… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
“Half your life is spent in thinking of the past and the other half in thinking about the future. The journey never… — Osho Copy Share Image
A teacher cannot give you the truth The truth is already in you You only need to open yourself – body, mind… — Anonymous Copy Share Image