Enlightenment Quotes · Page 25

For with all our pretension to enlightenment, are we not now a talking, desultory, rather than a meditative generation?

— John Campbell Shairp

Enlightenment is when all hope disappears. Enlightenment is disappearance of hope.

— Rajneesh

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

— Bodhidharma

How can one become enlightened? One can, because one is enlightened - one just has to recognize the fact.

— Rajneesh

Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

— Bodhidharma

“What does the satsang (spiritual discourse) also ultimately state? Do not 'do'. Just keep Seeing the effect that unfolds.”

— Dada Bhagwan

From the very beginning all beings are Buddha. Like water and ice,without water no ice, outside us no Buddhas.

— Hakuin Ekaku

We may receive so much light as not to see, and so much philosophy as to be worse than foolish.

— Walter Savage Landor

“The worldly life can never be crossed with the worldly vision (lok-drashti). The worldly life can be crossed with the enlightened one’s…

— Dada Bhagwan

The perfect view of existence comes from an unclouded, uncluttered life and mind whereby the radiance of perfect attention of the mind…

— Frederick Lenz

The essence of Bhagavad Gita is that we should always think of Krsna, become His devotee, worship him and offer homage unto…

— Radhanath Swami

“The one who protects the pudgal (non-Self complex made up of mind-speech-body) is not a Gnani (enlightened one). A Gnani is the…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Where there is no trace of restlessness (unsteadiness), therein lies the opinions of the Vitaraag Lords (the enlightened ones).”

— Dada Bhagwan

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and…

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

“The difference between going where you are needed and going where you are called is purely based upon diligent prayer and the…

— M.J. Stoddard

Another part of the rejection I mention was the realisation that Buddhism quite simply ignores or dismisses a whole hemisphere of human…

— Quentin S. Crisp

“Without ever having met the Dharma, the Buddha’s legacy to the world, and without having developed a good heart, everything we do…

— Lama Zopa Rinpoche

“But when, from the midst of the printed page, there suddenly sprang out at her these words: 'Here I stand; I can…

— Anna Kavan

In a very philosophic sense I think doing the work is itself a good thing. But at the end of the day,…

— Edward Norton

“Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another.…

— Immanuel Kant

“By doing this, when his or her wisdom of superior seeing directly realizes the emptiness of all phenomena, the Bodhisattva advances from…

— Kelsang Gyatso

“One of the beautiful things about Buddhism is that it does not worship Buddha as a god or deity, but instead celebrates…

— Lodro Rinzler

“because Buddhism, having been adopted by savage tribes as well as civilized nations, by quiet, enervated people as well as by warlike,…

— Kaiten Nukariya

As an enlightened teacher of Buddhism, I'd like to welcome you to the pathway to enlightenment. I'd like to encourage you to…

— Frederick Lenz

Everything aids everything, because all things are a reflection of the Buddha mind, of the mind of Enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

Godliness is the fragrance of the man who has attained enlightenment.

— Rajneesh

The word 'guru' is very loaded, so I would never refer to myself that way. I see myself as a teacher.

— Gabrielle Bernstein

My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.

— Kailash Kher

Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living.

— Eckhart Tolle

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

— Nhat Hanh

One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.

— Paul Theroux

Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in…

— Nhat Hanh

All beings exist ultimately in a condition of inner enlightenment. Enlightenment is in all things.

— Frederick Lenz

The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing…

— Ajahn Chah

Only the rich can achieve enlightenment because the poor are too busy looking for fridge freezers.

— Rajneesh

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

— Laozi

Enlightenment is just the beginning, later on come other skills . . . patience, a forgiving nature, extreme attention . . . .

— E. J. Gold

“...spells of incarceration or exile were almost badges of honour for Enlightenment writers.”

— Kate Berridge

There's no right or wrong in the study of enlightenment. There's only experience.

— Frederick Lenz

Women have allowed you to think that, which is a part of their inaccessibility in using their second attention.

— Frederick Lenz