Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Samsara is one flower. Nirvana is another flower. Enlightenment happens when both the flowers blooms.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is a journey. It is a journey that is made alone. It is a journey that is made with a teacher. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The goal of society in general is to succeed in the world, whereas the goal of enlightenment is to transcend beyond it. — David Hawkins Copy Share Image
Innumerable Buddhas Enlightened... innumerable Christs crucified... always the same Christ, the same Buddha! — Frederick Franck Copy Share Image
“Actual freedom has not increased in proportion to man's awareness of it.” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“The deepest realization of meditation is that your being is a non-being. It is a nothing, a vast emptiness without boundaries. It… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
Change yourself, and you change the way the world perceives you. Change your inner self, and you change the way you perceive… — Skye Milo Copy Share Image
It's necessary, sometimes, for women to embrace the company of other women even more than might seem normal. But there is no… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am very interested in the enlightenment of women. Very few teachers of advanced self discovery work with women, and if they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
See how it's a philosophy that's been handed to you by a bunch of men who were afraid. So instead, they overcompensate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The majority of times when a man thinks he has been the instigator, which men like to think, in sexual and romantic… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Do not limit your Sacred Space to the literal, such as a small room or office. Allow this energy to flow from… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“The essence of death is discovered in the gap between one moment ceasing and another one beginning. That essence is the wakefulness… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
“The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneously in the present moment of physical reality,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Authenticity is fundamental, more fundamental than spiritual enlightenment. Without authenticity, no genuine spiritual enlightenment is possible. Authenticity is the state of being… — Yasuhiko Kimura Copy Share Image
“To be informed is to know simply that something is the case. To be enlightened is to know, in addition, what it… — Mortimer J. Adler Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the art of learning to listen to our own heart. Meditation is the art of learning to listen to the… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
When Buddhists say, "A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause," they mean that we must expend the bulk of… — Hsing Yun Copy Share Image
“When I did a therapist education in USA 1984, one of the course leaders – who had given personal and spiritual guidance… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
When we want a cup of tea our main wish is to drink tea, but to fulfill this wish we naturally develop… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
“A serene mind does not require precepts. An upright behaviour does not need contemplative practice. 心平何勞持戒 行直何用修禪 Filial piety is gratefully taking care… — Linbergh Chu Copy Share Image
Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is coming out from the fear mode, victim mode and guilt mode of living to the mode of empowerment.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
In the case of the brujos, the sorcerers in Mexico, the Spanish Conquest forced them to develop their second attention. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“Everybody is seeking to reach higher self but hardly anyone reaches.” — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The dharma is here. And the dharma is in your heart. Where else would it be? — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Do not give them a candle to light the way, teach them how to make fire instead. That is the meaning of… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one, it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer… — Björk Copy Share Image
Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
People always say, 'A good man is hard to find.' You've never heard that about women, have you? — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
What is enlightenment, anyway? I don't know if I can really put it into words, perhaps you can. I can't. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
