Quotes by Enlightenment Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly. Dogen enlightenment self mind There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice. Dogen enlightenment ends practice To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment. Dogen enlightenment self spiritual Practice and enlightenment are not two. Dogen enlightenment practice two Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment. Dogen enlightenment war thinking Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end. Dogen enlightenment realization practice The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting. Dogen enlightenment painting sky That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment. Dogen delusion enlightenment self I want to offer the possibility that Jesus was truly, as he proclaimed, a savior. Not the savior, not the one and only Son of God. Rather Jesus embodied the highest level of enlightenment. Deepak Chopra enlightenment son jesus Perhaps the most concise summary of enlightenment would be: transcending dualism . ... Dualism is the conceptual division of the world into categories ... human perception is by nature a dualistic phenomenon - which makes the quest for enlightenment an uphill struggle, to say the least. Douglas Hofstadter enlightenment perception struggle If you have attained something, this is the surest proof that you have gone astray. Therefore, not to have is to have, silence is thunder, ignorance is enlightenment. D.T. Suzuki enlightenment silence ignorance Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground. D.T. Suzuki enlightenment everyday two Zen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself. D.T. Suzuki enlightenment sides work Life is not about focusing on the obstacles. It's about how you handle them, and whether you get enlightenment or levity from the way you do it Drew Barrymore obstacles enlightenment way When we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche enlightenment confused mind Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche enlightenment buddhist self Enlightenment is just the beginning, later on come other skills . . . patience, a forgiving nature, extreme attention . . . . E. J. Gold enlightenment forgiving skills By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. E. O. Wilson enlightenment justified achievement Being an outsider to some extent, someone who does not "fit in" with others or is rejected by them for whatever reason, makes life difficult, but it also places you at an advantage as far as enlightenment is concerned. It takes you out of unconsciousness almost by force. Eckhart Tolle outsiders enlightenment doe To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment. Eckhart Tolle enlightenment pain joy «1234567891011»