Enlightenment Quotes · Page 19

For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.

— Joan Halifax

“Q. Was the Buddha God? A. No. Buddha Dharma teaches no "divine" incarnation.”

— Henry Steel Olcott

I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

— John Burdett

“Perhaps I had inadvertently brushed up against the Buddhist axiom, that enlightenment is the ultimate disappointment.”

— Maggie Nelson

“Those who are actively seeking enlightenment will not find it because the act of looking for it is the distraction from it.”

— Enza Vita

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Life is an endless matrix of existence. And as you experience it in that pure form, that's what we call enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

“It is better for you to read the Holy Bible, for your own enlightenment.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Life is only meaningless if we fail to make a resolute effort at achieving bliss, attaining the active state of oneness that…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Buddhism: a violent religion that has compensated for the exploding human population by causing whole species of animal vessels to go extinct.”

— Bauvard

So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan…

— Brad Warner

Women have developed the second attention because they were repressed, because they were manipulated, because they were used as property, as chattel,…

— Frederick Lenz

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to…

— Christopher Lasch

“The essence of enlightenment … is a big understanding, which gives you a deep and wide perspective to see the world as…

— Ilchi Lee

In the early nineteenth century, with Enlightenment optimism soured by years of war and revolution, critics were skeptical of America's naive faith…

— Simon Schama

We have met with the dharma. Many of us have met with teachers. We do have some idea of what to do…

— Tenzin Palmo

“Tathagata (another name for Buddha) gives life to all beings, just as the lake Anavatapta gives rise to the four great rivers."…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“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

The reason Buddhism can be so naturalised is because, stripped of its supernatural elements, its core teachings can be giving a sound,…

— Julian Baggini

“If there is a dark and hostile power, laying its treacherous toils within us, by which it holds us fast and draws…

— E.T.A. Hoffmann

“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

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

Anything that really frightens you may contain a clue to enlightenment. It may indicate to you how deeply you are attached to…

— Thaddeus Golas

According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the…

— Dalai Lama

Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.

— Bruce Lee

“Siddhartha Gautama Buddha realized, balance is the key to enlightenment.”

— Lee Vickers

What does God really look like stripped naked? That's the province of enlightenment...the formless, perfect face of existence.

— Frederick Lenz

Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.

— Matsuo Basho

The average woman today is almost completely out of touch with her own power.

— Frederick Lenz

Men, through the ideas they have, project a field of attention that limits women.

— Frederick Lenz

They have rejected that power and sought to convince women of the exact opposite, that they are powerless.

— Frederick Lenz

“Om is that God of love. Like a loving mother Om cleans us of our clutters collected through many incarnations.”

— Banani Ray

We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths.

— Dalai Lama

If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda.

— Frederick Lenz

“Buddhist teachings are meant to awaken our true self, not merely to add to our storehouse of knowledge. From”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Enlightenment is any experience of expanding our consciousness beyond its present limits.

— Thaddeus Golas

God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the…

— Ralph Fiennes

Nirvana's not like anything you've ever known or experienced because it can't be known or experienced.

— Frederick Lenz

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

— Bodhidharma

One evening you may learn about enlightenment, koans, meditation and personal power.

— Frederick Lenz