“We have a choice to live in the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Darkness.” — Mommy Moo Moo Copy Share Image
“Seeing one’s own faults is enlightened view (samyak drashti), and seeing other’s faults is deluded vision (mithya drashti).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Enlightenment taught that observation unrecorded was knowledge lost.” — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
Men have reacted very negatively to the power that is inherent in women. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the ability to freely transact within the ten thousand states of mind without a continuous self or awareness — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“At some magical instant you realize a deep Harmony with the universe. Enlightenment is that harmony.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“The purpose of life is to reach a point where you can say 'yes' to all of it.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“Buddha is not someone you pray to, or try to get something from. Nor is a buddha someone you bow down to.… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
“We cannot achieve personal enlightenment – a clarification of our souls – until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
The purpose of enlightenment is certainly not the teacher, nor is it you. It doesn't have a purpose. Enlightenment simply exists. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Man's mind is made up of illusionary pictures. Consequently, when he throws away these pictures Truth will enter into his mind, and… — Woo Myung Copy Share Image
“Your attitude will either make or break you, we cannot change fate and the tragedies that enter our lives but we can… — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
“Suffering led the Buddha to enlightenment, and it may cause us, against our will, to grow in compassion, awareness, and possibly eventually… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the mind that is open to anything, but attached to nothing. That is freedom. No values, no resentment, no grudges.… — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Only the enlightened are consistently happy. Their happiness is not predicated upon the events and experiences that take place in this world.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is dangerous for a spiritual master to accept almost any aspirant. Although it is an aspect of mercy, it is dangerous.… — Bhakti Tirtha Swami Copy Share Image
I am a child of the Enlightenment. I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon, and I try to consciously avoid irrational… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Life doesn’t have a singular purpose and yet we try to pigeonhole this infinite gift by searching for a single meaning behind… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
There's a strong nativist tradition - saying, "we have to protect ourselves" - that comes from the founding of the country. If… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
How can one know who his spiritual teacher is?...His heart looks at the spiritual Masters and makes the choice. When the heart… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image