Hackerspaces are the digital-age equivalent of English Enlightenment coffee houses. They are places open to all, indifferent to social status, and where… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
I realize that there's a thing called the bodhisattva ideal, and it's a very nice pinnacle of attention. It's a very egotistical… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When we start to talk about gurus, we're talking about beings who actually know what this is all about. They know who… — Krishna Das Copy Share Image
There are two worlds, the world of desire and the world of enlightenment. The world of enlightenment doesn't go anywhere. It is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Behind the transient reality, there is something else. It is a deeper, more permanent and unchanging reality that we Buddhists call nirvana. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Through reading the scriptures, we can gain the assurance of the Spirit that that which we read has come of God for… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
It is equally easy, initially, for either a man or a woman to attain enlightenment, what we would call liberation or self-realization. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“We are all Masters. Every thought, word, and action creates our individual reality from one moment to the next. Each individual’s creation,… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, a woman moved to a cave in the mountains to study with a guru. She wanted, she said,… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“If complete enlightenment demands relinquishing the self, then complete enlightenment implies the acceptance of mortality. Not that there isn't more to being… — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
Climbing is the lazy man's way to enlightenment. It forces you to pay attention, because if you don't, you won't succeed, which… — Duncan Ferguson Copy Share Image
“What do people think spiritual development is? It's not lights and trumpets. It's very simple. It's right here and now. People have… — Vicki Mackenzie Cave in the Snow Copy Share Image
It is related that Sakyamuni [the historical Buddha] once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“For me, Buddhism is like a living organism. If it is to flourish outside self-enclosed ghettos of believers, it will have to… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
I sometimes call my new system 'Italian pagan Catholicism,' but it could more accurately be called 'pragmatic liberalism,' with roots in Enlightenment… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Consumer goods become enlightenment, relationships, anything! It doesn't really matter because infinity exists in everything. "Greater than the greatest, smaller than the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nirvana is the center of things; then there are the outer bandings of attention. The universe is a mind. At the center… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The only way to gain knowledge is by observing yours and others experiences. With that knowledge you can either take it to… — Jasari Music Copy Share Image
When someone says to me "I want to be enlightened." I immediately take a vacation because I know that the person isn't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the culmination of self-knowledge, pure unadulterated knowledge. Not knowledge you can get from reading a book, it comes from perfecting… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The root-word "buddha" means to wake up, to know, to understand; and he or she who wakes up and understands is call… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you are enlightened and have united your mind with the deepest and most ancient part of the mind of the universe,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The thing about Buddhism is that it stresses attainment of something ineffable, that is where it differs from other religions in that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The effort to lift one's self into perfect enlightenment is a profound thing. It has nothing to do with individual will. It's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Joining the Sangha and renouncing worldly life is necessary in order to devote your whole life and all your energies toward the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Life is like a sandwich! Birth as one slice, and death as the other. What you put in-between the slices is up… — Allan Rufus Copy Share Image
Start to see yourself for who you really are: a traveller, an explorer or on the path of life, confidently advancing along… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
“Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this one day,… — Robin Craig Clark Copy Share Image
Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire likened life to a game of cards. Players must accept the cards dealt to them. However, once… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions,… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
“People on the path don't have a choice but to keep on going, being ruled by the Law of Karma. The best… — Master Del Pe Copy Share Image
Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
History shows that our way of life is the stronger way. From it has come more wealth, more industry, more happiness, more… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that 'I must lead all the beings to nirvana,… — Buddha Copy Share Image
Art almost always has its ingredient of impudence, its flouting of established authority, so that it may substitute its own authority and… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
“If the feet of enlightenment moved, the great ocean would overflow; If that head bowed, it would look down upon the heavens.… — Paul Reps Copy Share Image
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