I want to offer the possibility that Jesus was truly, as he proclaimed, a savior. Not the savior, not the one and… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a guru but as a teacher. If one means 'guru' in the original sense a 'dispeller… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is necessary to disassociate oneself from those who would interfere with your success in enlightenment, in your career, in your life.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Our lives are a divine expression no matter how messy and weird they may be. How much more meaningful can it get?… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
The nature of Buddhism, as I understand it, is to believe that we are all pure and radiant at our core. And… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“Is enlightenment gradual or is it sudden? Whole schools of Buddhism have grown up around this issue. But it has always seemed… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
“There is no distinction between means and ends. There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. There is no way… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We are dominated on this planet by a fear-based rather than a love-based thought system. Enlightenment involves relinquishing the thought system based… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks… — James Randi Copy Share Image
“The great compromise between the American religious impulse and the American Enlightenment in the 1700s permitted any and every conceivable sect to… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
When I was first introduced to Buddhism in a high school World Studies class, I dismissed it out of hand. This was… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“Dissociation (being split-off from one’s deepest truth) mimics enlightenment – but it isn’t enlightenment. People who are dissociated live in great peace.… — Daniel Mackler Copy Share Image
All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“When you take a moment to peel back the layers of time and space in your current state of perception, you soon… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
So the single most vital step on your journey toward enlightenment is this: learn to disidentify from your mind. Every time you… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“the British Empire now stood at the very apex of modern civilization, and that it was the special burden of this empire… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
I did not tell Fat this, but technically he had become a Buddha. It did not seem to me like a good… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“We' (Enlightened One, Dadabhagwan) have only one desire. And that too a disappearing one; the one for Jagat Kalyan (salvation of the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
If you seek to develop the mind fully, for the enlightenment process, you will benefit if your career is related to computer… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Once you are enlightened, you can do whatever you want without fear or sorrow. You can go snowboarding, get married, stay single,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“You may wander all over in the world. If no one can seize your chit, then you are free. I have seen… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
“I wonder how it can be considered that science disenchants the world. The power of the spells of physics to make the… — Robin Ince Copy Share Image
“Everyone smiles in the same language, Happiness knows no frontiers, no age. No difference thar makes us feel apart if a smile… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You're an emanation of enlightenment. Enlightenment, which is the universe, has created the hallucination that is you in a form that shifts. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We remember a few people who've been enlightened. We build churches and edifices in their name. But few people, if any, feel… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
That's the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The path to enlightenment is really very simple - all we need to do is stop cherishing ourself and learn to cherish… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
You can go to India and you can see gurus go into samadhi. But when they come out of samadhi, they're nasty.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Even the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, with their commitment to reason, failed to recognize the ways they stereotyped others.” — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
...the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whaterver form. Both are illusions. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
What fun is life if it's taken so seriously, and what fun is yoga and the search for enlightenment if we are… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is any experience of expanding our consciousness beyond its present limits. We could also say that perfect enlightenment is realizing that… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
“I sometimes think that Buddhism is the toughest religion in the world. It not only eschews all talk of god but does… — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
The thousand petal lotus of light, the crown center, really does not become operative until one is on the verge of enlightenment… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You may have thousands of lives to go between now and before you're a real hard-core seeker of enlightenment, hardcore meaning you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
