Quotes About Enlightenment

So long as man clamours for the I and Mine, his works are as naught: When all love of the I and the Mine is dead, then the work of the Lord is done.

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded, Where millions of Vishnus bow their heads, Where millions of Brahmâs are reading the Vedas, Where millions of Shivas are lost in contemplation, Where millions of Indras dwell in the sky, Where the demi-gods and the munis are unnumbered, Where millions of Saraswatis, Goddess of Music, play on the vina— There is my Lord self-revealed: and the scent of sandal and flowers dwells in those deeps.

Pandit, you've got it wrong. There's no creator or creation there, no gross or fine, no wind or fire, no sun, moon, earth or water, no radiant form, no time there, no word, no flesh, no faith, no cause and effect, nor any thought of the Veda. No Hari or Brahma, no Shiva or Shakti, no pilgrimage and no rituals. No mother, father or guru there. Is it two or one? Kabir says, if you understand now, you're guru, I'm disciple.

When I gave up the tying of ribbons, still I tied my garment about me: When I gave up tying my garment, still I covered my body in its folds. So when I give up passion, I see that anger remains; And when I renounce anger, greed is still with me still; And when greed is vanquished, pride and vainglory remain; When the mind is detached and casts Maya away,still it clings to the latter. Kabir says, 'Listen to me, dear Sadhu! the true path is rarely found.

Piš?al Neskon?nega neprenehoma igra, njen zvok je ?ista ljubezen. Ko se ljubezen osvobodi spon, seže po resnici. Kako širno se razlega ta zven! Nima konca in ni? mu ne stoji napoti. Podoba te melodije sije kakor milijone sonc. To brenkalo je brez primere- brenkalo, ki oddaja note resnice.

The world is dying, but knows none how to Die: But, whosoever knows how to Die, dies not again.

Living in bondage, I have set myself free: I have broken away from the clutch of all narrowness.

Some people are granted the experience of very high states of consciousness, and yet if these states are not accompanied by a development of character through a prior education that involves every department of human experience, you might have an enlightened being whom you would not trust even to be a baby-sitter.

Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity! Through Buddha And through Daruma alike Thou hast cleft thy way.

In the liquid amber within the ivory porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius, the piquancy of Laotse, and the ethereal aroma of Sakyamuni himself.

And when a man becomes nothing, he instantly becomes Everything!

Give time and money. And give it freely. But before giving it to another, give it to yourself. Spend lavishly, with your time and your money, on perfecting Yourself. Spend lavishly, with your time and money, on conquering Your mind. So that you may become a light to your loved ones, and the world.

One can live the whole of his life within it. It is way to accessing the whole of one's genius. It is the way to unending peace. It is the holy grail of human existence.

You've always been told to fight for your freedom Of mind. But the truth is this: the greatest freedom in the world is freedom From mind.

As students, it's important that irrespective of whatever you are doing, you educate yourself, as that gives you certain standing in public.

The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.

I used to fast during Ramadan because I admired the people fasting around me. What made me convert was that I had that certainty that Islam was for me. I felt this relationship with God, and that enlightened my life. I had that conviction in my heart that that was my religion.

Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.

I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to create a secular relationship to government 2,000 years ago, and those people were the Jews.

No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.

It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clicks into place. One immediately sees how many previously puzzling facts are neatly explained by the new hypothesis. One could kick oneself for not having the idea earlier, it now seems so obvious. Yet before, everything was in a fog.

Americans can be proud of this very substantive identity; it is based on belief in the common political principles of constitutionalism, the rule of law, democratic accountability, and the principle that "all men are created equal" (now interpreted to include all women). These political ideas come directly out of the Enlightenment and are the only possible basis for unifying a modern liberal democracy that has become de facto multicultural

Mankind is soon out of the 'DARK AGES'.

Knowledge is never too dear.