Buddhism Quote by Carlos Castaneda

There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it.

— Tenzin Palmo

People get very deep experiences and they think they're enlightened. That's not enlightenment, that's just some realization.

— Tenzin Palmo

To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality. It is…

— Robert Thurman

To be enlightened is to know oneself and not run away.

— Veronique Vienne

The more we try and understand enlightenment the more it will elude us. And that's because enlightenment does not come from the mind. It…

— Anita Moorjani

We can't say what enlightenment is, we can't say what it isn't, because these are words and words have nothing to do with reality.

— Frederick Lenz

Enlightenment is a lot like dying. You might wonder why there aren't more enlightened people. It is because they are afraid to die.

— Frederick Lenz

The world of enlightenment, and that which creates enlightenment, is much different than what most people would think. Most people have Hallmark Card descriptions…

— Frederick Lenz

Anybody or anything can become enlightened because enlightenment is the very nature of existence itself.

— Frederick Lenz

To be enlightened is to be aware, always, of total reality in its immanent otherness - to be aware of it and yet remain…

— Aldous Huxley

To be enlightened doesn't mean you end up stupefied and unable to function.

— Tenzin Palmo

Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it.

— Frederick Lenz