Buddhism Quote by Nancy Pearcey Download Open image “Clearly, Enlightenment thinkers were seeking a God substitute.” — Nancy Pearcey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Buddhism Enlightenment Enlightenment thinkers Seeking Substitutes Thinker
Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become... — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is the ability to see beyond all the things we make God to find God. We make religion God and so fail to… — Maryknoll Missions Maryknoll Book of Prayer Copy Share Image
“Understand that the following Enlightenment Affirmation can be said with God, Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Universe, Krishna, Yahweh, or Goddess. They are all interchangeable with… — Lee Vickers Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't simply mean being in heavenly states of mind. It doesn't mean being a saint. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment was an attempt to liberate myth and base truth claims on evidence, not just dogma. But when science threw out the church,… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it was a… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
No true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings. Ever. We simply need to create a way to address that suffering… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The closer we are to God, to divine attributes - such as absolute truth, goodness, and beauty - the more we wonder. When we… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
It's suggested that enlightenment has some tremendous compassion, some driving necessity to help humanity. I don't think that's the case at all. I think… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The Enlightenment was not a revolutionary movement; it was not even a political movement. It was a collection of scholars, writers, artists and historians… — John Hirst Copy Share Image
Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“Redemption is not just about being saved *from* the consequences of sin, it is also about being saved *to* something- to resume the task… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“Author conveys contemporary respect for Methodist preachers who rode the circuit of frontier settlements to put themselves at risk for the Gospel near the… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“Many of us don't even know what it means to have a Christian perspective on our work. Oh, we know that being a Christian… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“People are not relativistic when it comes to matters of science, engineering, and technology; rather, they are relativistic and pluralistic in matters of religion… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Knowing the truth has meaning only as a first step to living the truth day by day. — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
The most consistent versions of materialism deny the reality of anything beyond matter - no soul, no spirit, no will, no mind. This is… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
In many cases students are never exposed to competing ideas within their families, churches, or Christian schools, and as a result they go out… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“The sword of the Spirit has been muffled up and decked out with flowers and ribbons," author writes, conveying the sentiments of a Congregationist… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“No matter how hard people work to suppress their knowledge of God, creation itself keeps challenging them. “Human life is a continual wrestling match… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The very best players, when they are practicing, put everything they've got into it. But then they leave it for a while. And it's… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Exactly. I think the original tantric Buddhists took notice of was some very wise old people who never studied in their youth, but took… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share Image
A human being can only absorb a small amount of the mystical kundalini, you can be exposed again and again to it, but it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One of the things I regret about not putting in that book or I think it's there but I didn't really elaborate on it,… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
My mom and my aunties are really devout Christians. My mom married a Muslim when I was 12, so I got teachings from both… — Tech N9ne Copy Share Image
Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The extraction of discrete parts of Chöd teachings from their broader philosophical contexts is symptomatic of how Chöd has been incorporated into and transmitted… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share Image
