“Yoga means we accept responsibility for the tasks in our life, and we know that being a king, being an enlightened teacher, being someone who sweeps the streets, we know that nothing is a greater yoga than anything else.” KnowsMeanResponsibilityAcceptingGreaterTeacherOur LivesStreetsKingsYogaTasksEnlightenedHinduism Author:Frederick Lenz
“I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if we can advance the knowledge of the world, if we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, then, we’re better able to ask the right questions and become more enlightened. That’s the only way to move forward.” IfsWorldWayTryingMeanDoeAbleMovingAsksConsciousnessFiguresCrisisScalesMoving ForwardConclusionEnlightenedExistentialScopeRight QuestionsExistential CrisisKnowledge Of The World Author:Elon Musk
“Very beautiful situations have developed using chaos as part of the enlightened approach. There is chaos of all kinds developing all the time... If you are trying to stop those situations, you are looking for external means of liberating yourself, another answer. But if we are able to look into the basic situation, then chaos is the inspiration, confusion is the inspiration.” IfsTryingLooksKindMeanInspirationAbleBeautifulAnswersSituationApproachChaosConfusionAll KindsDevelopingEnlightenedLiberatingVery Beautiful Book:The Pocket Chögyam Trungpa Source: The Pocket Chögyam Trungpa
“To be enlightened means that you really don't change, and yet you're nothing but change.” MeanEnlightenmentEnlightenedDon't Change Author:Frederick Lenz
“Becoming enlightened doesn't mean everything works your way.” WayMeanBecomingEnlightenmentEnlightenedBecoming Enlightened Author:Frederick Lenz
“Yes I say that I am enlightened. What does that mean? It means I live in a condition of light...There really is no primary self anymore.” MeanDoeSelfLightConditionsEnlightenmentPrimariesEnlightened Author:Frederick Lenz
“Perpetual wakefulness doesn't mean you have all physical knowledge, that you can speak all languages, that you can fix cars...that is a storybook, Hollywood version of the enlightenment experience.” MeanSpeakLanguageTeacherCarEnlightenmentHollywoodVersionsEnlightenedPerpetual Author:Frederick Lenz
“To encounter such a being is considered the ultimate karmic blessing in the sense that your life will be so configured that every single variant problematic karma will surface, which means you have the opportunity of passing through them all correctly, going over the ocean of the samsara and reaching nirvana yourself.” MeanOpportunityTeacherBlessingOceanUltimateSurfaceKarmaPassingPassingsEncountersReachingEnlightenedPassing ThroughSamsara Author:Frederick Lenz
“An enlightened person doesn't know it all. Enlightenment simply means walking beyond this and all worlds into nirvana, which is beyond knowledge and ignorance.” KnowsWorldMeanPersonsTeacherIgnoranceWalkingEnlightenmentEnlightenedKnow It AllKnowledge And Ignorance Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most teachers are not enlightened. Very few are. That doesn't mean they are not great teachers.” MeanTeacherEnlightenedGreat Teacher Author:Frederick Lenz
“You become a monk and you practice and the teacher tells you what to do. If you find that you have a resistance to that, and the resistance is strong, it just means you're not interested. Why put yourself through some sort of torture. It means you weren't that interested.” IfsMeanStrongPracticeTeacherResistanceTortureEnlightenedNot InterestedMonk Author:Frederick Lenz
“I can go shopping and pick up some Bounty Towels, the three pack, I can go home and open those up and look at them and see more infinity than in the Buddha's best meditation. If I can't do that, that means I'm wrapped by the Buddha's best meditation.” IfsLooksMeanI CanHomeThreeTeacherMeditationBuddhismPicksEnlightenedInfinityShoppingPacksTowelsBounty Author:Frederick Lenz
“The outer is easier, and the outer is objective. For example, one man, Thomas Alva Edison, discovers electricity and the whole of humanity uses it; there is no need for everyone to discover it again and again. Inner growth is a totally different phenomenon. A Gautama Buddha may become enlightened, but that does not mean that everybody else becomes enlightened. Each individual has to find the truth for him or herself.” MenNeedsMayMeanDoeDifferentWholeUseMotivationalHumanityIndividualGrowthExampleEasierObjectivesEnlightenedPhenomenonOne ManAgain And AgainElectricityInner GrowthGautama Buddha Author:Rajneesh