The Enlightenment Quotes
To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.
Culture is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment, your education, and your decency.
My idea of enlightenment is when ego and Tao are fused, and Tao is perceived as ego. Then everything happens with complete appropriateness.
The objective tendency of the Enlightenment, to wipe out the power of images over man, is not matched by any subjective progress on the part of enlightened thinking towards freedom from images.
I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.
If western culture is shown to be rich it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to "dissolve" harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.
Enlightenment says the world is nothing Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion And nothing is real.
Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.
Someone who wants to attain enlightenment must be brave. He must rush into the crowd of enemies with a dagger. In the practice of Zen, enemies are our delusive thoughts and passions.
How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?
There is no distinction between means and ends. There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. There is no way to enlightenment, enlightenment is the way.
He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.
It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us." - Tilopa
I'm an old-fashioned guy. I believe in the Enlightenment, and reason, and logic, and you know, facts.
The capitalists are the brains of civilization, because they supply the entire fabric of which all education, enlightenment and human progress consists.
The main point of enlightenment is man's release from his self-caused immaturity, primarily in matters of religion.
Intellectual and moral growth is no less indispensable than material amelioration...If three is anything more poignant than a body agonizing for want of bread, it is a soul dying of hunger for light.
Enlightenment is the transformation that brings out the highest human qualities. It is the process that removes the clouds of negativity and brings the colors of peace, compassion and kindness.
Enlightenment is tuning our consciousness to music of the universe.
Enlightenment is something that you've been resisting to happen. It’s not something you have to struggle to make happen. The key is not to get in the way! Just allow it occur.
Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark.
There are twenty one mystical dimensions of consciousness. Enlightenment is abiding in the highest three dimensions of consciousness.
Enlightenment is blossoming the thousand petaled lotus flower on the top of the head.
Enlightenment is the complete flowering of body, mind and the soul.
Enlightenment is making every cell, gene and DNA as the radiator of peace and harmony.
Enlightenment is the ultimate nourishment for body, mind, and soul. It is the ultimate freedom and ecstasy of life.
At some magical instant you realize a deep Harmony with the universe. Enlightenment is that harmony.
Gratitude enables you to be fearless, and to never shy away from reveling in every moment of your life.
Witnessing is not flowing with the current of the river but observing the flow from the bank of the river.
Witnessing is the alchemy of enlightenment. It can transform mud into gold.
We each possess the ability creatively to respond to the ontological mystery of our existence.
The ego with its protective defense mechanisms is the biggest impediment to attaining spiritual growth.
Suddenly you realize that you are the mother of the Universe, eager to protect, transform and care every soul of the world.
All personal god, yours or mine, are false. Unto existence nothing but an infinite oneness walks.
Until you get it that in reality you, and the enemy you hate, are identically and inseparably 'One', of a single make, you're one big silly mistake.
And you can't know it, because to know it is to be it, and to be it is to not be you.
You do not control everything, nor does everything control you. You are not entirely at the hands of your environment, nor is it entirely at the hands of you.
A person achieves enlightenment only through a purposeful engagement with life and by resolutely searching for truth and shedding artifices.
Self-questioning is the road to personal liberation and spiritual enlightenment. Self-questioning spurs the mind to consider new opportunities to arrive at truth.
