The basic nature of all conscious beings is 'self-existing wakefulness'. Self-existing meaning spontaneous or without effort and wakefulness meaning natural awareness. To… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the most important properties of a work of art is an attempt to reconcile opposites, and in… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
When Zen masters say 'effortlessness' they are referring to the state when your enlightenment is well rooted. Now there is no need… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love the way Monteverdi's opera embodies the triumph of evil love in such a luscious way. The closing love duet is… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
“The Buddhist precepts are different from the Confucian teachings in the form of expression, but they agree in their warning against the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Enlightened Consciousness once awakened within us serves as a guiding principle, and leads us to hope, bliss, and life; consequently, it is… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“The mind has no tools to enter the unconscious dimensions. Only if you are outside of the mind you can look at… — Sadhguru Copy Share Image
“Each of us is impermanent wave of energy folded into the infinite cosmic order. Acknowledgement of the fundamental impermanence of ourselves unchains… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is always through surrender, but surrender is achieved through intelligence. Only idiots cannot surrender. To surrender you need great intelligence. To… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“When you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha” means that when you see that you’re grasping or clinging to anything, whether conventionally… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“A veil over the Knowledge of the Self (Gnan) is agnan, and a veil over the Vision of the Self (Darshan) is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is a paradoxical phenomenon. You need to be commited to become enlightenment, and to do whatever is necessary to make it… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
“There is a story I would like to tell you about a woman who practices the invocation of the Buddha Amitabha's name.… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Bait & Switch Buddhism is a classic bait-and-switch operation. We’re attracted by the enlightenment in the window, but as soon as we’re… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
“It is easy for a small intellect that knows only a single philosophical presentation, only one secret oral instruction, or only one… — Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye Copy Share Image
Most of the spiritual traditions were very theistic and the idea of an external god pulling the strings didn't resonate with me.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“The nihilistic doctrine is stated not only in the various Prajnya-sutras (the books having Prajnya-paramita in their titles), but also in almost… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“If for a time Buddhism became to all intents and purposes a separate religion, denying the [Page 266] Vedas, the ordinary layman… — Arthur Llewellyn Basham Copy Share Image
Every conflict we face in life is rich with positive and negative potential. It can be a source of inspiration, enlightenment, learning,… — Kenneth Cloke Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, there are three gems: Buddha, the awakened one; Dharma, the way of understanding and loving; and Sangha, the community that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Real knowing comes up when we stand in the appropriate place. But usually we don’t. First we want to understand something according… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
We should reflect on the idea that since the beginning of time sentient beings have been mentally unstable because they have been… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He’d dive deeper and deeper into the calming depths of the sea, safe from the storms on the surface. And when he… — Jasun Ether Copy Share Image
You don't want to know the Truth, you want to know the truth as you understand it. This is the greatest barrier… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago the forces of freedom challenged this idea. The children of the new enlightenment rose up to defy the… — Sherwin Wine Copy Share Image
It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
Do no harmful actions, do not become attached to the cycle of death and rebirth, show kindness, respect the old and have… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“The first paradox of Illuminism, then, was that it was a network that craved an elaborate hierarchical structure, even as it inveighed… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Only Zorbas become Buddhas - and Buddha was never a monk, A monk is one who has never been a Zorba and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“According to Kant, the motto of this new era, which came to be known as the Enlightenment, was “Dare to know!”—Sapere aude!… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
The search ends with the realization that there is no such thing as enlightenment. By searching, you want to be free from… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
...I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Thus all things are subject to death, sorrow and suffering. I became aware that I too was of the same nature, the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Listen! Here’s all you need to know to become enlightened: Sit down, shut up, and ask yourself what’s true until you know.… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
Well it's always been an interesting area for me. In referencing something I just reread from Dogen it says, "Enlightenment doesn't break… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
It's ridiculous if you ask me. I don't know what any of us are doing here. But we're a tribe, a network,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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