Buddhism Quote by Gautama Buddha

Simply by performing good actions and thinking good thoughts you will not attain enlightenment. It takes something more.

— Frederick Lenz

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.

— Ramana Maharshi

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

Enlightenment doesn't mean you know anything. It doesn't mean you don't know anything. It means that you've returned to the source, consciously.

— Frederick Lenz

Enlightenment is eliminating mental confusion, eliminating hatred, jealousy, mental toxins, cravings. That's very simple and straightforward. Whether you can do it or not is…

— Matthieu Ricard

Enlightenment is already there inside us and all things. All we have to do is get something out of the way that is causing…

— Frederick Lenz

Enlightenment is nothing but your consciousness being concentrated on a single point - now and here.

— Rajneesh

What is enlightenment, anyway? I don't know if I can really put it into words, perhaps you can. I can't.

— Frederick Lenz

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

— Dogen

Enlightenment is just the beginning, later on come other skills . . . patience, a forgiving nature, extreme attention . . . .

— E. J. Gold

Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you're being right…

— Neale Donald Walsch

The day-to-day life we lead has nothing to do with enlightenment. It is just around the corner, and we don't see it.

— Frederick Lenz