A better name for nirvana might be endless love. Love not even in the sense that we see it if we're watching… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Contemporary defenders of the Enlightenment shouldn't overgeneralize: the Enlightenment, however it is defined, is not an unalloyed good. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
The fact is that all the important political philosophers and scientists from the great Aristotle on, with the exception of those of… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
“So once these needs are fulfilled, nobody is going to value these things. If you are well-fed, peaceful, blissful, happy, well-loved, with… — Sadhguru Copy Share Image
They just teach by their presence. They don't really have a message for humanity. It's irrelevant at that point. They're just a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The biggest impediment to loving life is our inflated egos. Only by suppressing our ego and controlling our selfish thoughts can we… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Secular humanism proposes ... the complete implementation of the agenda of modernism ... what is necessary for it to occur is a ... New Enlightenment. — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
As God talked with Arjuna, so will He talk with you. As He lifted up the spirit and consciousness of Arjuna, so… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Samsara-our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“The Buddha told his disciple Ananda to see impermanence, to see death with every breath. We must know death; we must die… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“To be enlightened is always to be enlightened about something. I am enlightened about the fact that I am drinking a glass… — Thích Nhất Hạnh 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 world of enlightenment doesn't know of its own existence. We're beyond both the knower and known. There's no conceptual identity whatsoever. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a flaw with words, they always force us to feel enlightened, but when we turn around to face the world… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
“4. Mahayana Doctrine of the Nihilists. This doctrine disproves (both) the Mahayana and the Hinayana doctrines above mentioned that adhere to Dharma-laksana,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
On your journey, remember there is no end. That is true knowledge. There is no final knowledge. There is no final enlightenment,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We Vietnamese have two philosophies to sustain us. The Confucian tells us how to behave when fate grants us peace and order.… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
“We often try to force the experience we want to have, instead of allowing the experience we were meant to have, and… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you are with an enlightened teacher, you will feel both pleasant and unpleasant things magnified. That happens when you meditate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism is really, one of its main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness. — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Following dharma puts you in a proper field of attention. In a proper field of attention, regardless of what your outer circumstances… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is eliminating mental confusion, eliminating hatred, jealousy, mental toxins, cravings. That's very simple and straightforward. Whether you can do it or… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
In the Bhagavad-Gita, a book that I revere and respect, it's indicated that even women, along with animals, are capable of attaining… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Satsang means the coming together (yog) of the eternal (sat); it is the coming together of good things, of positive things. And… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I'm not even sure that Buddhism is a religion really. It seems like more of just a spiritual practice, I'd compare it… — Sienna McQuillen Copy Share Image
I personally have fun with enlightenment, the study and the teaching of it. I get a kick out of doing it different… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Once you have known awareness, nothing is worth it-- you have known the greatest bliss of life. Then, suddenly, many things simply… — Osho Copy Share Image
The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual,… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“Attaining bliss can take lifetimes, or one can simply choose to experience it in their deepest dreams. Sleep well my friend, as… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
The majority of times when a man thinks he has been the instigator, which men like to think, in sexual and romantic… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
See how it's a philosophy that's been handed to you by a bunch of men who were afraid. So instead, they overcompensate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's necessary, sometimes, for women to embrace the company of other women even more than might seem normal. But there is no… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Change yourself, and you change the way the world perceives you. Change your inner self, and you change the way you perceive… — Skye Milo Copy Share Image
I am very interested in the enlightenment of women. Very few teachers of advanced self discovery work with women, and if they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
