Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is,… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
Sri Krishna says whatever role we have in life, we have to play it to the hilt. We have to take it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The aim of my teaching is enlightenment, awakening from the dream state of separateness into the reality of the One. In short,… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
I had a great teacher in India who said to me, 'If you think you're spiritual and evolved and enlightened, go home… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Normally the experience of enlightenment occurs in stages. A person will usually have many small enlightenments before full enlightenment dawns. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Your enlightenment depends on the company you keep. You do not know the world until you know the men who have possessed… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself. — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Often in history we see that religion, which was meant to raise us and make us better and nobler, has made people… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Further, if Spirit has any meaning at all, then it must be eternal, or without beginning or end. If Spirit had a… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“The Holy Teachings of Vimalakīrti (expertly translated into English by Robert Thurman). In that scripture, the Buddha states that the buddha-fields in… — Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye Copy Share Image
“To get Enlightened, therefore, we have to correct, first of all, our notions concerning Self. Individual body and mind are not the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Buddha is our inherent nature—our buddha nature—and what that means is that if you’re going to grow up fully, the way that… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Although it is nonreligious and nontheistic, it’s difficult to present Buddhism without sounding theoretical and religious. As” — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Copy Share Image
The Buddha's teaching leads us to the realization that we must always strive to harm no sentient being, human or nonhuman, whether… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
I think the attractiveness of Buddhism is that it doesn't involve a belief in God. That appeals to a lot of people… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the Enlightenment Cycle, of the ways that inner dimensions and nirvana work, lifts you far above the transient sorrows, pains,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As you progress towards enlightenment you will find that you become a winner at anything, not because you are so concerned about… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“it became one of the characteristics of Zen monks that they would never approach rulers and statesmen for the sake of worldly… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
From being in Tibet and being around Tibetans, I feel like I've learned so much more about what brings a person happiness,… — Adam Yauch Copy Share Image
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
Eve was blamed for the fall of man, and in return all women to come were to inheret her karmic responsibility for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You see, Buddhists are optimists. We never saw sunsets in Atlantis like we do now. We didn't have those great chemicals in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Catholicism, we would say you're going to be judged, so therefore you should do better now. For me, Buddhism is somewhat… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
If you learn to lead your life strategically and strongly, you can overcome the opposition. But running away, you never overcome anything.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“A compulsive external search only leads us to the interpretation of another’s path. True identity and sustained harmony can only be achieved… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“We live in an energy-responsive world where intention radiates throughout. Fundamental to everything is attitude and perception” — Mohadesa Najumi Copy Share Image
The crown chakra is located several inches above the head, but it is not connected. The crown chakra, also known as the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightened teachers and people who help them, have a lot of trouble. People try to interfere with the work and spread awful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The you that you think of as you (and that thinks of you as you, and so on) is not you, it’s… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
“I wear a taint of rationing, that's all. I have the thready, ashamed look of a reduced person who assumes there is… — Morag Joss Copy Share Image
The high-priests and priestesses of Atlantis had discovered many of the deepest secrets of the universe. They had come to understand all… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I'm with people, I'm a spiritual teacher. That's the function, but it's not my identity. The moment I'm alone, my deepest… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Expect forces to interfere with you and expect to conquer them all, if you are serious about the study. Just as there… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Note and Quote to Self – What you think, say and do! Your life mainly consists of 3 things! What you think,… — allan rufus Copy Share Image
There are about 15 million Muslims in the EU. They face ignorance, insult and even persecution. They cannot be wished away. To… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Someone who wants to attain enlightenment must be brave. He must rush into the crowd of enemies with a dagger. In the… — Yamada Koun Copy Share Image
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