“Wisdom, in the world of enlightenment, is not gained through conversation. Wisdom and enlightenment is something that you gain by making the mind still.” WorldMindStillsWisdomBuddhismConversationEnlightenmentGains Author:Frederick Lenz
“What led me to my science and what fascinated me from a young age was the, by no means self-evident, fact that our laws of thought agree with the regularities found in the succession of impressions we receive from the external world, that it is thus possible for the human being to gain enlightenment regarding these regularities by means of pure thought” WorldHumansMeanSelfFactsAgeLawYoungScienceFoundHuman BeingsPureEnlightenmentGainsAgreeImpressionFascinatedEvidentYoung AgeSuccessionScientific MethodRegularity Author:Max Planck
“An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's job is just to be perfectly enlightened.” JobsTeacherTeachingStudentsBuddhismEnlightenmentGainsBuddhistEnlightenedEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“Only the enlightened are consistently happy. Their happiness is not predicated upon the events and experiences that take place in this world. Instead it is based on the boundless inner energy they gain from their connection with the world of enlightenment.” WorldSufferingEnergyEventsThis WorldBuddhismEnlightenmentGainsConnectionsEnlightenedConsistentlyBoundless Author:Frederick Lenz
“Tantric Zen is the awareness of the infinitude of all things. To gain that awareness, to be it, is enlightenment.” AwarenessBuddhismEnlightenmentGainsAll Things Author:Frederick Lenz
“Kung fu was made so the monks could train their bodies and move their bodies with strength, so they could be physical enough to gain mental enlightenment. Before that, they kept falling asleep when [masters] were trying to teach them.” TryingMadeEnoughBodyMovingFallTeachMastersEnlightenmentGainsTrainMonkKung FuFalling Asleep Author:RZA
“Its taken 14 billion years for matter to gain the capacity to become conscious of itself. If this is true, it wouldn't make any sense that the whole point of enlightenment would be to escape from the whole process at the very instant that the universe is beginning to awaken to itself.” IfsLifeYearsMatterWholeWould BeSpiritualityUniverseProcessTakenEvolutionEnlightenmentConsciousGainsCapacityAwakeningBillionsInstant Author:Andrew Cohen
“The motive for purifying yourself - that you feel spiritually impure - will prevent any genuine gain until you learn to love the impurity you started with. Can any being seriously think that he is going to pass through the infinity of time without ever making another mistake? Quite often a flash of enlightenment will give you this message: Go back to where you started and learn to love it more.” ThinkingGivingFeelsSpiritualMistakeMessagesEnlightenmentGainsGenuineMotiveInfinityFlashImpurityPurifying Book:The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment Source: The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment