Enlightenment Quotes

880 Enlightenment quotes by 346 unique authors

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. — Gautama Buddha
Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment. — Gautama Buddha
They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong,… — Gautama Buddha
This is something I consider Enlightenment to be - and that is to give intellectual or spiritual understanding and to be free of ignorance, false… — Jane Seymour
Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for us to attain… — Robert Thurman
Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains. When the Way… — Gautama Buddha
Emotions are not 'bad.' At the roots of our emotions are primal energies which can be put to fruitful use. Indeed...the energies of enlightenment arises… — James H. Austin
I'd been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta. — Unknown Author
Remember, the greatest gift to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest. — Gautama Buddha
After enlightenment, the laundry. — Gautama Buddha
The aim of my teaching is enlightenment, awakening from the dream state of separateness into the reality of the One. In short, my teaching is… — Adyashanti
Enlightenment is, in the end, nothing more than the natural state of being.Â — Adyashanti
Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that. — Adyashanti
Enlightenment is the unaltered state of consciousness — Adyashanti
The Buddha's insight into the middle way is not simply about a balance between extremes. This conventional understanding misses the deeper revelation of the middle… — Adyashanti
Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that Dharma… — Gautama Buddha
Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination. — Gautama Buddha
Total relaxation is the ultimate. That's the moment when one becomes a buddha. That is the moment of realization, enlightenment, christ-consciousness. You cannot be totally… — Rajneesh
Your enlightenment is more powerful than your ignorance. — Swami Nithyananda
Liberals have a set of folk theories that are fallacious. One of them comes from the Enlightenment, and the assumption is that you are supposed… — George Lakoff
The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only… — Will Durant
My dear brothers, never forget, when you hear the progress of enlightenment vaunted, that the devil's best trick is to persuade you that he doesn't… — Charles Baudelaire
The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally unobserved. The chance… — Paul Brunton
The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time… — Karl Popper
Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment. — David Brin

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