A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things. — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
“At last the bottom fell out. No more water in the pail. No more moon in the water.” — as the character Wendy John Gould in the short story Copy Share Image
The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment. Move the ego aside and be still, open, clear, bright and fully conscious. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Gurus Enable you to see new things. The trouble with Gurus is that you can rarely see beyond them. — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“...people taking the time and energy to ask about what they do not understand - I have renewed hope that society can… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The purpose of the guru is not to weaken your will. It is to teach you secrets of developing your inner power,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“Think of a world where “Detachment”, “Gratitude” and “Empathy” were subjects included in every grade school’s curriculum. A new generation would emerge… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
Culture, with its processes and functions, is a subject upon which we need all the enlightenment we can achieve, and there is… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
In Tantric Buddhism, we believe that Samsara is Nirvana. That is to say that everything in the universe is part of us.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Human beings are not so in harmony with the dharma. That is why they suffer so much. But you as an individual… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The objective tendency of the Enlightenment, to wipe out the power of images over man, is not matched by any subjective progress… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
“When we look at a tree, we do not see the tree for what it really is. We see how it appears… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
There are several realms which ordinary persons do not perceive. Because they cannot see them, that doesn't mean they don't exist. One… — Thrangu Rinpoche Copy Share Image
There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
“The parable of the gem in the robe is very short, only one paragraph long in the Murano translation. Yet in spite… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
“Removing toxicity from your life is essential to maintaining a peaceful state of mind and an overall quality of health. This purging… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“For most of us enlightenment is not a destination or graduation into a permanent higher state of consciousness, but a moment-by-moment experience… — Dr. Jennifer Howard "Your Ultimate Life Plan Copy Share Image
“Its mental discipline, however, is by far more fruitful, and keeps one's mind in equipoise, making one neither passionate nor dispassionate, neither… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Conventionally though, not realizing this [undifferentiable unity] is labeled "the phase of cyclic existence," while its realization, just as it is, [is… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
I have not in this lifetime yet met one person who earnestly seeks enlightenment in the West. Not one person. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“in mysterious ways.” The big change in Buddhism is that it tries to define that problem and, instead” — Dominique Francon Copy Share Image
Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The mind with perceptions is saṁsāra; the mind without perceptions is nirvāna.” — Rulu Copy Share Image
“That what helps us stabilize our antahkaran (inner complex of mind, intellect, chit and ego) is Religion (dharma).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Since we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering Buddhas, wise and confused Buddhas, we are already Buddha. — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
“The awareness that seeks to know is the very object of its own seeking.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal. — S. N. Goenka Copy Share Image
Similitude of the heart is like that of a telephone operator between man and God. — Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi Copy Share Image
Nirvana is very funny. It's not sincere particularly. It's rather frivolous, actually. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When women come into their full power, a balance will occur which has not been seen for so long that no one… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“One cannot transcend the body or mind just by repeating the mantra "I am not the body and I am not the… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
I am who I am who I am who am I Requesting some enlightenment Could I have been anyone other than me? — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before. — Edgar Ramirez Copy Share Image
![“Conventionally though, not realizing this [undifferentiable unity] is labeled "the phase of cyclic existence," while its realization, just as it is, [is called] "the attainment of Buddhahood." At this point, however, there is neither a conditioned nor an unconditioned substance or entity that is…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab8/karl-brunnholzl-4600_life_conventionally-though-not-realizing-this_1337458.jpg)
