“Think of a world where “Detachment”, “Gratitude” and “Empathy” were subjects included in every grade school’s curriculum. A new generation would emerge… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
The purpose of the guru is not to weaken your will. It is to teach you secrets of developing your inner power,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Culture, with its processes and functions, is a subject upon which we need all the enlightenment we can achieve, and there is… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
In Tantric Buddhism, we believe that Samsara is Nirvana. That is to say that everything in the universe is part of us.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
All the buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be — don´t try to become. Within… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People in the West sometimes have these marvelous visions of India and Tibet. They assume that there are all these sadhus walking… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The quest for enlightenment illustrates the paradox of desire—the fact that you must have desire to be motivated to transcend being ruled… — Paul O'Brien Copy Share Image
To an Earthkeeper, love is not a feeling or something your barter with. Love is the essence of who you are, and… — Alberto Villoldo Copy Share Image
Don't try to do this by yourself: to become a good yogi you need a teacher. Find a teacher you can bow… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
“When we perceive the stars, the stars are the object of our perception—they exist within us. When we perceive the ocean, the… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“It is appropriate to realize that through our many manifestations as original disciples of the Buddha we are in fact representing the… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
“ To be in a state of nirvana means to ignore greed, selfishness, anger and other distracting emotions. It is, in a… — Dominique Francon Copy Share Image
“I think at times such as when we are facing a difficult situation we have an opportunity to really internalize the teachings… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
“Enlightened consciousness is often called Buddha-nature, as it is the real nature of Universal Spirit. Zen teachers compare it with a precious… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
If you believe that a nation is really better off which achieves for a comparative few, those who are capable of attaining… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
This is a world that defines everything backwards, a world in which good is called bad, brightness is called darkness, up is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Without enlightenment, everything in life is harsh. Sooner or later you see everyone you love die, unless you die first, of course.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Examine what you do and examine what other women do. Examine the dreams that men hold of you and how they force… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“For you to reach a state of creative enlightenment, you must wage war on yourself, and start working. Only then will inspiration… — Chris Erzfeld Copy Share Image
Put the mind in alignment with the ten thousand radiances of enlightenment and experience them in various gradations forever. That's the total… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We foster personal meaning out of life by exulting in all of nature, exhibiting a reverence for people, animals, plants, and by… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Once you have personally experienced enlightenment, you will see beyond the ocean of death to the everlasting shores of immortality. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The Soul is neither a Jain nor a Vaishnav. The Soul is Vitarag (free from attachment and abhorrence). This is the religion… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
You must ban together with other women of like mind and for the first time find fellowship, womanship, without the need to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't mean you know anything. It doesn't mean you don't know anything. It means that you've returned to the source, consciously. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
The practice is enlightenment. Some people find this idea not to their liking. They want to get enlightenment in a flash. This… — Tim Ward Copy Share Image
My mother's a Buddhist. In Buddhism, if you want to achieve enlightenment, you have to do it through meditation and self-improvement through… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
What the world needs more than anything are Bodhisattvas of peace, lawyers, politicians, teachers working tirelessly for the enlightenment of themselves and… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Women vibrate at a slightly different rate that passes kundalini very easily. It is problematic though, because a woman also picks up… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This sounds really hokey, but I think Buddhism is the only religion that is genuinely peaceful, so I'd try to promote it… — Nick Love Copy Share Image
All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Love is the state of enlightenment and enlightenment is the state of love. You can't make any separation between them. Enlightenment is… — Barry Long Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is not an attainment; it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes. If a blind… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Your dharma is what kind of work you should be doing, what kind of people you should associate with, whether you should… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A self-motivation is an enlightenment of mind, empowerment of heart and enrichment of soul to arise, awake and ascend to achieve the… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
