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“It's ridiculous if you ask me. I don't know what any of us are doing here. But we're a tribe, a network, cruising the galaxy. We have offices in every loka, in every part of existence. I suppose you make that out to be a unique situation. We're Unique! No, I don't think so. We're enlightenment.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Asks Existence Situation Teacher Office Unique Enlightenment Ridiculous Ask Me Enlightened Tribes Galaxy

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Women developed it as an art. They've had to, in order to survive. The problem is that it limits you. You are in a controlling situation in duality.”

Art Problem Order Women Situation Limits Enlightenment Duality

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Enlightenment after all is to overcome delusion, by way of sensitizing practitioners to complexities and problems of the human situation.”

Way Humans Problem Situation Enlightenment Overcoming Complexity Delusion

Author:Kim Hee-jin

“The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself.”

States Situation Right Now Enlightenment Awful Confused Ambiguity Messy

Book:Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye

Source: Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye

“The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor.”

Way Has Beens Used Justice Poor Situation Accepting Diversity Enlightenment Social Justice

Book:I, Rigoberta Menchú: an Indian woman in Guatemala

Source: I, Rigoberta Menchú: an Indian woman in Guatemala

“In the past, kong-an (koan) practicing meant checking someone's enlightenment. Now we use kong-ans to make our lives correct. . . . You must use kong-ans to take away your opinions. When you take away your opinions, your mind is clear like space, which means from moment to moment you can reflect any situation and respond correctly and meticulously.”

Life Mind Mean Moments Use Past Space Situation Opinion Clear Our Lives Enlightenment

Author:Seungsahn

“Enlightenment is simply sanity~ the sanity in which I see my real situation in the living fabric of all that exists.”

Inspirational Real Situation Courage Enlightenment Sanity Fabric

Author:Frederick Franck