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title: "34 Path Enlightenment Quotes by 27 authors"
description: "Browse 34 Path Enlightenment quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best Path Enlightenment sayings and thoughts."
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> [Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/whatever-is-happening-is-the-path-to-enlightenment/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [“Choose the Path to Enlightenment over the path of least resistance”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-coletta/choose-the-path-to-enlightenment-over-the-path-of-least-resistance/)

[Brian Coletta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-coletta/)

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> [“Choose the Path to Enlightenment over the path of lease resistance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-coletta/choose-the-path-to-enlightenment-over-the-path-of-lease-resistance/)

[Brian Coletta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-coletta/)

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> [“A brick could be placed down on the first step on the path to enlightenment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/a-brick-could-be-placed-down-on-the-first-step-on-the-path-to/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [Meditation is the quickest path to enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/meditation-is-the-quickest-path-to-enlightenment/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“The path to enlightenment, to find out who you truly are, has to be taken alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghalib-shiraz-dhalla/the-path-to-enlightenment-to-find-out-who-you-truly-are-has-to-be/)

[Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghalib-shiraz-dhalla/)

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> [“The circumstances of confusion will be your path to enlightenment' - Thursday Next”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-fforde/the-circumstances-of-confusion-will-be-your-path-to-enlightenment/)

[Jasper Fforde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-fforde/)

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> [Zen is a very quick path to enlightenment and development of the mind and all its facilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/zen-is-a-very-quick-path-to-enlightenment-and-development-of-the-mind/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [The path to enlightenment is really very simple - all we need to do is stop cherishing ourself and learn to cherish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/the-path-to-enlightenment-is-really-very-simple-all-we-need-to-do-is/)

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/)

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> [The byproduct of doing for others is the path to enlightenment and when viewed in hindsight reveals the meaning of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-blake-michiels/the-byproduct-of-doing-for-others-is-the-path-to-enlightenment-and/)

[Jordan Blake Michiels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-blake-michiels/)

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> [Zen is a very fast path to enlightenment, fast in comparison to some other paths, not fast for the person who practices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/zen-is-a-very-fast-path-to-enlightenment-fast-in-comparison-to-some/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“There is the gradual path to enlightenment or the direct. The direct you sense during the lifetime, the gradual when time is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenfantvivant/there-is-the-gradual-path-to-enlightenment-or-the-direct-the-direct/)

[Lenfantvivant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenfantvivant/)

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> [“The spiritual journey or the real path of enlightenment is a never ending relentless wonderful pursuit of being real in the moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnjwillard/the-spiritual-journey-or-the-real-path-of-enlightenment-is-a-never/)

[johnjwillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnjwillard/)

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> [It shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. Life is not easy. The road to happiness is not a path well trotted. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-campbell-bower/it-shouldn-t-matter-what-anyone-else-thinks-life-is-not-easy-the-road/)

[Jamie Campbell Bower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-campbell-bower/)

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> [Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/those-who-really-seek-the-path-to-enlightenment-dictate-terms-to/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [Even in the world, the yogi who faithfully discharges his responsibilities, without personal motive or attachment, treads the sure path of enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahavatar-babaji/even-in-the-world-the-yogi-who-faithfully-discharges-his/)

[Mahavatar Babaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahavatar-babaji/)

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> [Each river is different, but they all eventually lead to the ocean. No matter what we’re doing or when, or whether it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-prentiss/each-river-is-different-but-they-all-eventually-lead-to-the-ocean-no/)

[Chris Prentiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-prentiss/)

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> [There are many paths to enlightenment. Some of us who have expanded to a degree of illumination have thereafter preached the dogmatic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-golas/there-are-many-paths-to-enlightenment-some-of-us-who-have-expanded-to/)

[Thaddeus Golas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thaddeus-golas/)

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> [You think you want to know the secrets of the universe. You think you want to see the way things all fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/you-think-you-want-to-know-the-secrets-of-the-universe-you-think-you/)

[Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/)

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> [There's a path in enlightenment called the path of negation where we intentionally throw ourselves into experiences that are extremely transient. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-s-a-path-in-enlightenment-called-the-path-of-negation-where-we/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [Start to see yourself for who you really are: a traveller, an explorer or on the path of life, confidently advancing along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sharma/start-to-see-yourself-for-who-you-really-are-a-traveller-an-explorer/)

[Robin Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sharma/)

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> [“Otherwise we might have done this retreat or that retreat, this practice or that practice, received this teaching or that teaching, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lama-zopa-rinpoche/otherwise-we-might-have-done-this-retreat-or-that-retreat-this/)

[Lama Zopa Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lama-zopa-rinpoche/)

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> [“Today as you continue to read the Lotus Sutra, and chant Namu Myoho Renge Kyo, and of course continue observing your selected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryusho-jeffus/today-as-you-continue-to-read-the-lotus-sutra-and-chant-namu-myoho/)

[Ryusho Jeffus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryusho-jeffus/)

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> [When? At this time, while you have all the opportunities, if you do not do your best to achieve the pure, stainless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thubten-zopa-rinpoche/when-at-this-time-while-you-have-all-the-opportunities-if-you-do-not/)

[Thubten Zopa Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thubten-zopa-rinpoche/)

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> [“Many of us have set out on the path of enlightenment. We long for a release of self-hood in some kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-boyd/many-of-us-have-set-out-on-the-path-of-enlightenment-we-long-for-a/)

[Andrew Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-boyd/)

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> [Attachment is the main thing that is blocking your path towards enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garchen-rinpoche/attachment-is-the-main-thing-that-is-blocking-your-path-towards/)

[Garchen Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garchen-rinpoche/)

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> [“What looks like a path to enlightenment is really a trap.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bert-mccoy/what-looks-like-a-path-to-enlightenment-is-really-a-trap/)

[Bert McCoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bert-mccoy/)

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> [“The path to enlightenment is not a path. It is a realization that you are already the goal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-shumsky/the-path-to-enlightenment-is-not-a-path-it-is-a-realization-that-you/)

[Susan Shumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-shumsky/)

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> [“When the world is filled with evil, transform all mishaps into the path of enlightenment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/when-the-world-is-filled-with-evil-transform-all-mishaps-into-the/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [“When the world is filled with evil, all mishaps, all difficulties, should be transformed into the path of enlightenment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/when-the-world-is-filled-with-evil-all-mishaps-all-difficulties/)

[Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [“The path that one person follows is not the correct path for any other person. Each of us must walk his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-wei/the-path-that-one-person-follows-is-not-the-correct-path-for-any/)

[Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-wei/)

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> [“On who listens learns; one who learns listens; one who listens and learns is on the path to enlightenment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/on-who-listens-learns-one-who-learns-listens-one-who-listens-and/)

[Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/)

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> [Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse-rinpoche/ultimately-one-must-abandon-the-path-to-enlightenment-if-you-still/)

[Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse-rinpoche/)

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> [The approach is that the best way to use unwanted circumstances on the path of enlightenment is not to resist but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-approach-is-that-the-best-way-to-use-unwanted-circumstances-on/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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                        "text": "When? At this time, while you have all the opportunities, if you do not do your best to achieve the pure, stainless path to enlightenment when will you do it? If you don't meditate, don't practise the graduated path to enlightenment, especially bodhicitta, in this life, then when? When will you practise? When will you have this realization? If, in this life, you don't achieve renunciation, bodhicitta and sunyata, as well as the two stages of tantra, when will you? When will you have these attainments? When will you become enlightened? When will you perform perfect work for sentient beings?",
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                        "text": "“Many of us have set out on the path of enlightenment. We long for a release of self-hood in some kind of mystical union with all things. But that moment of epiphany—when we finally see the whole pattern and sense our place in the cosmic web—can be a crushing experience from which we never fully recover. Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. You can not turn away. Your destiny is bound to the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors. To seek enlightenment is to seek annihilation, rebirth, and the taking up of burdens. You must come prepared to touch and be touched by each and every thing in heaven and hell. I am One with the Universe and it hurts.”",
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