“Do not allow consumerism to dictate your spiritual practice. You need nothing more than your focused attention to gain enlightenment.” — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“What is enlightenment? In the Korean tradition of Tao, it is known a Mu-Ah (Mu means “No” or “Nothing” and Ah means… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
“Sandals. The Sufi teacher Ghulam-Shah was asked what pattern he used in formulating his courses for disciples. He said: 'Barefoot until you… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
While I may not be able to describe to you exactly what enlightenment is like, I can tell you that it is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“If learning lessons from history is a mark of enlightenment, so is breaking free from it. This applies equally to every religion,… — Translated by Sandeep Balakrishna S.L. Bhyrappa Copy Share Image
Live on berries in a hollowed-out comet lit by artificial suns long enough, and you start to have delusions about achieving enlightenment. — Hannu Rajaniemi Copy Share Image
“We alone control our final form through our conscious actions. We become the product of the movement of our mind and our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Matangi's mantra is aim, which is MIA backwards. She fights for freedom of speech and stands for truth, and lives in the… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
“ In a thousand years or ten thousand, no one would remember my nation. It, too, would share in oblivion and prove to… — Miller Rory Copy Share Image
“No, on the contrary! In enlightenment you have freed yourself of any sense of “I”, and you certainly have not evolved into… — Jan Esmann Copy Share Image
“According to the Buddhist tradition, the spiritual path is the process of cutting through our confusion, of uncovering the awakened state of… — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“I once found an ego, crawling around and trying to shine on me. I took it in my arms and the ego… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“The original reality of Amitabha is our own Dharma body, It shines out brightly everywhere, in the South, North, East, and West,… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
We can step out of our small sense of self and awaken to this reality. One of the reasons people get confused… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The role of the teacher is to make sure that the practice is pure. By guiding the student, you make sure that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Quotes and notes to self- Divine and Unique Power Find out what my Individual Divine and Unique Power IS and offer it… — Allan Rufus Copy Share Image
When the spirit is understood, then life becomes not at all common, but a constant magical circus in which you see yourself… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The recurrence during the eighteenth century Enlightenment of the aspiration to be the 'Newton of the moral sciences' testifies to the prestige… — Stefan Collini Copy Share Image
Krishna suprises Arjuna. He says go fight, go kill. Do this because it's only play money. You can't kill your friends any… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Since the days of Peter the Great, Russians have been maybe Europeans who didn't share in the enlightenment and the reformation, or… — Brent Scowcroft Copy Share Image
“The true tragedy in most people’s lives is that they are far better than they imagine themselves to be and, as a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“True Love is when you are able to see yourself in another, when you recognize that there is no separation between you… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Perpetual wakefulness doesn't mean you have all physical knowledge, that you can speak all languages, that you can fix cars...that is a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhism is best understood as a philosophy rather than a religion due to the fact that the Buddhist does not necessarily embrace… — Ed Hindson Copy Share Image
The directions for meditation that Sri Krishna gives are very exacting. He tells Arjuna exactly how to get past all the things… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
An enlightened being comes into the world because they can help. They are off the wheel. They will experience different states of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We seek absolute neutrality in Buddhism. We don't want to be drawn into anything in particular. We don't want to be pushed… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As a woman experiment and observe. Observe yourself as you go through a day. You will be amazed to discover the number… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is much appeal for me in Eastern religion, the little I know of it. And something thorny in me finds American… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
“Often we overlook the troublesome times and attach ourselves to the lessons, defining the next chapter from the last. Be free of… — Nikki rowe Copy Share Image
When you get a new worldview you get a new world. It's like the shift from medieval Christianity to the Renaissance and… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
Did you know that according to legend, the guy who became Buddha decided to seek enlightenment the day he got a touch… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
There's no risk in doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all. There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable. There's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
“Now the need for seeking something outside will completely disappear. Once you are blissful by your own nature, your life becomes an… — Sadhguru Copy Share Image
Buddhas continue to live on through their teachings as dharma bodies. Their spirits become manifest in the sangha (spiritual community) where their… — Shinjo Ito Copy Share Image
On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought… — Buddha Copy Share Image
