Quotes by Enlightenment Zen was an attempt to get back to the purest teachings of the Buddha -enlightenment without strings. Frederick Lenz stringsenlightenmentteaching If you see the illusion you are enlightened, but if you think that you are enlightened you are in the illusion! H. W. L. Poonja illusionenlightenmentthinking The intuitive wisdom that comes from your infinite mind can add to your creativity, success and well-being, and can take you to the threshold of enlightenment. Frederick Lenz enlightenmentcreativitymind Each of the small enlightenments that a Zen practitioner has, which are known in Zen as "Satori experiences," provides deeper insights into the nature of existence and helps a person prepare for complete enlightenment. Frederick Lenz satorienlightenmenthelping Zen is a very quick path to enlightenment and development of the mind and all its facilities. Frederick Lenz enlightenmentdevelopmentmind From the highest state of mind you have a window whereby you could perhaps move beyond all states of mind, to enlightenment. Frederick Lenz enlightenmentmindmoving Zen is a very fast path to enlightenment, fast in comparison to some other paths, not fast for the person who practices it. There is no sense of speed. Frederick Lenz enlightenmentpracticepath Live on berries in a hollowed-out comet lit by artificial suns long enough, and you start to have delusions about achieving enlightenment. Hannu Rajaniemi enlightenmentsunlong Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is, rather, antecedent to all of these, for without it we can have neither security nor prosperity nor enlightenment. Henry Steele Commager enlightenmentluxuryindulge-in For each inclosed spirit is a star Henry Vaughan enlightenmentstarslittles Enlightenments, like accidents, happen only to prepared minds. Herbert Simon accidents-happenenlightenmentmind What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion that this insane activity represents progress and enlightenment? Henry Miller enlightenmentprogressinsane I think the degree of a nation's civilisation may be measured by the degree of enlightenment of its women. Helen Keller enlightenmentdegreesthinking Simply by performing good actions and thinking good thoughts you will not attain enlightenment. It takes something more. Frederick Lenz enlightenmentactionthinking Personal power is a feeling that everybody is looking for called satisfaction. It is different from enlightenment, but you need personal power to become enlightened. Personal power is not the end of the process. Frederick Lenz enlightenmentdifferentfeelings The avoidance of that which causes you pain does not produce enlightenment. It produces avoidance. Religion is the avoidance of pain and suffering. Frederick Lenz enlightenmentpainsuffering You're an emanation of enlightenment. Enlightenment, which is the universe, has created the hallucination that is you in a form that shifts. Frederick Lenz hallucinationsenlightenmentform All souls do not reach enlightenment. Some souls reach a certain point and stay there. Some souls actually decline and go into different cycles. Frederick Lenz enlightenmentdifferentsoul Every moment gives birth to the next moment and influences it. Getting out of that chain of perpetual being is getting off the wheel of birth and death. That is enlightenment. Frederick Lenz enlightenmentnextgiving The process of eliminating the samskaras and reaching complete enlightenment is very technical, wonderful, and mystical process. Frederick Lenz reachingenlightenmentwonderful«1314151617181920212223»
