--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: When we are Enlightened, or when…" description: "\"“When we are Enlightened, or when Universal Spirit awakens within us, we open the inexhaustible store of virtues and excellencies, and can freely make ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/kaiten-nukariya-793_character_when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universa_689376.jpg" --- # When we are Enlightened, or when Universal Spirit awakens… ![“When we are Enlightened, or when Universal Spirit awakens within us, we open the inexhaustible store of virtues and excellencies, and can freely make use of them at our will. [FN#172]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/kaiten-nukariya-793_character_when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universa_689376.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/kaiten-nukariya-793_character_when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universa_689376.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/kaiten-nukariya-793_character_when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universa_689376.jpg) > ““When we are Enlightened, or when Universal Spirit awakens within us, we open the inexhaustible store of virtues and excellencies, and can freely make use of them at our will. \[FN#172\]”” [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Enlightenment unlocks limitless virtues that can be accessed at will, suggesting inner awakening grants moral power. **In simple terms:** Inner awakening gives unlimited moral power. Key Takeaway Cultivate inner awareness to access virtues. Themes spirituality virtue self‑actualization Mood reflective inspirational Type philosophical spiritual When to use this quote - personal meditation - ethical decision‑making - leadership - conflict resolution Key Concepts enlightenment inner potential moral agency Questions to Reflect On - How do you recognize when inner virtues guide you? - What practices help awaken this inner spirit? A Different Perspective May overlook the need for external accountability and practice. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Enlightened](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enlightened/) [Enlightened Universal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enlightened-universal-5480074/) [Spirit Awakens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spirit-awakens-3487423/) [Store Virtues](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/store-virtues-5480075/) [Universal Spirit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universal-spirit-569408/) ## Related quotes > [“When You Let your Human Sleep your 'Spirit' Awakens.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/syed-sharukh/when-you-let-your-human-sleep-your-spirit-awakens/) [Syed Sharukh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/syed-sharukh/) > [“The spirit awakens in weakness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-spirit-awakens-in-weakness/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) > [“Universal Spirit may fitly be likened to the universal water, or water circulating through the whole earth. This universal water exists everywhere. It exists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/universal-spirit-may-fitly-be-likened-to-the-universal-water-or-water/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“It is the Universal Spirit awakened in the human mind. It is not the mind that feels joy or sorrow; nor is it the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/it-is-the-universal-spirit-awakened-in-the-human-mind-it-is-not-the/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“the Mahayanist's aim of life is to bring out man's inborn light of Buddha-nature to illumine the world, to realize the universal brotherhood of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/the-mahayanist-s-aim-of-life-is-to-bring-out-man-s-inborn-light-of/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“Change as seen by Zen 9. Life and Change 10. Life, Change, and Hope 11. Everything is Living according to Zen 12. The Creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/change-as-seen-by-zen-9-life-and-change-10-life-change-and-hope-11/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“Let, then, your heart be so pure that you may not be unworthy of the sunshine beaming upon you the light of Universal Spirit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/let-then-your-heart-be-so-pure-that-you-may-not-be-unworthy-of-the/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“The world is built on the foundation of morality, which is another name for Universal Spirit, and moral order sustains it. We human beings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/the-world-is-built-on-the-foundation-of-morality-which-is-another/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“13. Universal Life is Universal Spirit. These considerations naturally lead us to see that Universal Life is not a blind vital force, but Creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/13-universal-life-is-universal-spirit-these-considerations-naturally/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [Art can be a medium for people to discover universal spirit, with imagery not isolated to one particular wisdom path, but pointing to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-grey/art-can-be-a-medium-for-people-to-discover-universal-spirit-with/) [Alex Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-grey/) > [“I have come to learn about things that intrigue people through their strangeness. But barley did I find myself in you presence than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kahlil-gibran/i-have-come-to-learn-about-things-that-intrigue-people-through-their/) [Kahlil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kahlil-gibran/) > [The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-liberation-cannot-be-reached-but-by-means-of-the-perception-of/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Man is ever searching for the source whence he has come, searching for the life which is upwelling within him, immortal, nay, eternal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-besant/man-is-ever-searching-for-the-source-whence-he-has-come-searching-for/) [Annie Besant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-besant/) > [Every soul and spirit has some degree of continuity with the universal spirit, which is recognized to be located not only where the individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giordano-bruno/every-soul-and-spirit-has-some-degree-of-continuity-with-the/) [Giordano Bruno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giordano-bruno/) > [Sometimes I feel quite distinctly that what is inside me is not all of me. There is something else, sublime, quite indestructible, some tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-i-feel-quite-distinctly-that-what-is-inside-me-is-not-all/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Kaiten Nukariya > [“the new theory of matter has entirely over thrown the old conception of the unchanging atoms, and they are now regarded to be composed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/the-new-theory-of-matter-has-entirely-over-thrown-the-old-conception/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“5. Nature is the Mother of All Things. Furthermore, man has come into existence out of Nature. He is her child. She provided him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/5-nature-is-the-mother-of-all-things-furthermore-man-has-come-into/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [ “Rin-zai also says: "Spirit is formless, but it penetrates through the world in the ten directions."\[FN#149\] The Sixth Patriarch expresses the same idea more… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/rin-zai-also-says-spirit-is-formless-but-it-penetrates-through-the/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“(O-yo-mei) won a splendid victory over the rebel army which threatened the throne of the Ming dynasty. During that warfare Wang was giving a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/o-yo-mei-won-a-splendid-victory-over-the-rebel-army-which-threatened/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“in the use of the terms 'good' and 'bad.' Now let us examine how does good differ from bad. A good action ever promotes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/in-the-use-of-the-terms-good-and-bad-now-let-us-examine-how-does-good/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“Although all sentient beings are endowed with this Enlightened Consciousness, they are not aware of its existence, excepting men who can discover it by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/although-all-sentient-beings-are-endowed-with-this-enlightened/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“There are a good many people always buoyant in spirit and mirthful in appearance as if born optimists. There are also no fewer persons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/there-are-a-good-many-people-always-buoyant-in-spirit-and-mirthful-in/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [ “it is the overcoming of egoism, the destroying of mean desires, the uplifting of the moral ideal, and the disclosing of inborn wisdom. \[FN#12\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/it-is-the-overcoming-of-egoism-the-destroying-of-mean-desires-the/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [ “The fourth stage is called the Rank of Co-operative Merit,\[FN#273\] in which the student 'co-operates' with other persons in order to complete his merit.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/the-fourth-stage-is-called-the-rank-of-co-operative-merit-fn-273-in/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“It is bare nonsense to say that I go to school, not to be educated as a member of society, but simply to gratify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/it-is-bare-nonsense-to-say-that-i-go-to-school-not-to-be-educated-as/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“8. The Application of the Law of Causation to Morals. Although it may be needless to state here the law of causation at any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/8-the-application-of-the-law-of-causation-to-morals-although-it-may/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“Men of longevity never carried troubles to their beds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/men-of-longevity-never-carried-troubles-to-their-beds/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [ “2. The Errors of Philosophical Pessimists and Religious Optimists. Philosophical pessimists\[FN#214\] maintain that there are on earth many more causes of pain than of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/2-the-errors-of-philosophical-pessimists-and-religious-optimists/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [ “4. Man is neither Good-natured nor Bad-natured according to Su Shih (So-shoku).\[FN#164\] The difficulty may be avoided by a theory given by Su Shih… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/4-man-is-neither-good-natured-nor-bad-natured-according-to-su-shih-so/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) > [“Over against these generalizations we raise no objection, but there are many cases, in practical life, of doubtful nature. An act of charity, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/over-against-these-generalizations-we-raise-no-objection-but-there/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) [Explore all 367 Kaiten Nukariya quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) ## More Character quotes > [This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-honeyman/this-may-sound-strange-but-although-i-feel-like-i-know-everything/) [Gail Honeyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-honeyman/) > [I always like a character who makes me laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-always-like-a-character-who-makes-me-laugh/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/social-responsibility-above-the-level-of-family-or-at-most-of-tribe/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) > [Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-lamb/reader-if-you-are-gifted-with-nerves-like-mine-aspire-to-any/) [Charles Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-lamb/) > [I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-winslet/i-m-often-moved-by-the-circumstances-around-some-of-my-characters-but/) [Kate Winslet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-winslet/) > [When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hudgins/when-you-re-on-a-daytime-drama-you-get-one-page-you-better-damn-well/) [David Hudgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hudgins/) > [It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-deschanel/it-can-sometimes-make-people-fold-into-themselves-and-kind-of-run/) [Emily Deschanel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-deschanel/) > [If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-are-well-mannered-towards-those-whose-views-are-similar-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman/democracy-is-based-on-the-conviction-that-man-has-the-moral-and/) [Harry S. Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman/) > [In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/semir-zeki/in-the-fight-between-biology-and-morality-biology-has-commonly-won-in/) [Semir Zeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/semir-zeki/) > [Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-chan/your-looks-don-t-make-you-pretty-it-s-the-person-inside-who-makes-you/) [Aaron Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-chan/) > [I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-stroma/i-m-not-a-huge-social-media-kind-of-guy-so-i-don-t-really-know-i-don/) [Freddie Stroma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-stroma/) > [If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warwick-davis/if-you-stood-me-in-a-costume-next-to-a-computer-graphic-of-the-same/) [Warwick Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warwick-davis/) > [Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/courage-the-most-important-of-all-the-virtues-because-without-courage/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-potts/i-m-a-character-actor-always-have-been-always-will-be-and/) [Annie Potts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-potts/) [Browse all 32,707 Character quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When we are Enlightened, or when Universal Spirit awakens within us, we open the inexhaustible store of virtues and excellencies, and can freely make use of them at our will. [FN#172]”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kaiten Nukariya" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universal-spirit-awakens-within-us-we/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Character" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universal-spirit-awakens-within-us-we/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/kaiten-nukariya-793_character_when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universa_689376.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/kaiten-nukariya-793_character_when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universa_689376.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/kaiten-nukariya-793_character_when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universa_689376.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When we are Enlightened, or when Universal Spirit awakens within us, we open the inexhaustible store of…” — Kaiten Nukariya", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Kaiten Nukariya", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“When we are Enlightened, or when...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universal-spirit-awakens-within-us-we/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/when-we-are-enlightened-or-when-universal-spirit-awakens-within-us-we/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```