Quotes About Enlightenment

Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

When you're blind to your own nature, the Buddha is an ordinary being. When you're aware of your own nature, an ordinary being is the Buddha.

The very reason for nature's existence is the education of the soul; it has no other meaning.

Many are the thyrsus-bearers, but few are the mystics.

Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.

Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha's buddha nature.

No mind, no form, I only exist; now ceased all will and thought; the final end of [Nature]]'s dance, I am it whom I have sought.

When you experience the light, voila, you're happy. The very nature of the light is happiness. You don't have to do anything or be anybody special.

A superficial education would be worse than none. But a full education would open every man's eyes to the nature of human existence.

When Tibetan lamas die they stay in a realization of clear light nature of the mind for several days or weeks.

You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?

All babies are Buddha babies.

You think you're enlightened. But as my lama said, when you realize the intrinsic nature of the mind, then you start to meditate. It's not the end, it's the beginning.

Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.

The next great step of mankind is to step into the nature of his own mind.

The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.

The Buddha said that samsara by its nature is painful. He didn't say it was a joyride.

We have the pure nature of the mind.

When people are determined, they can overcome fate; when the will is unified, it can mobilize energy. Enlightened people do not even let nature put them in a set mold.

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.

A great paradox which should God make us understand, we will weep, laugh, wonder and ponder is the paradox of human ignorance

The mind which is reluctant to change or alter is "ME and I". The mind which is ready to get empty and altered is "BUDDHA".

The moment you become conscious of your unconscious state, you're instantly transformed!

Enlightenment is just the beginning, later on come other skills . . . patience, a forgiving nature, extreme attention . . . .