"Enlightenment is not meant to be an object……" — Robert Thurman
"Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become..."
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23 Quotes by Robert Thurman
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The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of…
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The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.
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Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is…
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In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound.
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The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of…
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Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not…
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Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic,…
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To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of…
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Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.
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To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from…
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Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be;…
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Within our own society, we jail more prisoners than any other country in the world, 85 percent of them people…
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your…
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal…
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Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through…
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Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of…
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If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I…
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