Quotes About Enlightenment

In the Bhagavad-Gita, a book that I revere and respect, it's indicated that even women, along with animals, are capable of attaining enlightenment.

For men, it's necessary to push aside that marvelous ego that tells you that you are all knowing and capable, and see that you are not.

What a man must do is realize that his continued belief in the inferiority of women is going to produce a type of karma that is going to hold him back, and already has.

Women do not help each other attain enlightenment because in the description of the world they've been given, unlike that of men, it's every woman for herself in order to survive.

The limitations that we can see of the sexual description of reality are very apparent. Very few men attain enlightenment, even fewer women.

Why don't more women attain enlightenment?

If even one woman in the West were to become enlightened, it would change karmas on this planet.

The world has never had a greater need for enlightened women and men.

It is equally easy, initially, for either a man or a woman to attain enlightenment, what we would call liberation or self-realization.

Many Eastern spiritual groups feel that women are not capable of enlightenment. They advise women to have sons and pray to be men in their next incarnations

Through the proper application of kundalini, a woman can quickly become aware of the tremendous power that resides inside herself and reach enlightenment.

More men will continue to attain enlightenment than women, unless women change their use of the second attention.

You have developed the second attention much more than you realize and you use it more than you realize as a woman. That's why I feel women can attain enlightenment more easily than men.

I think the degree of a nation's civilisation may be measured by the degree of enlightenment of its women.

The secret to enlightenment is to lighten up. Whether you are talking rock or women, all there.

Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.

Light cannot enter a dark room without illumining it.

Education is the key for self liberation.

Being at Stanford really opens your eyes to the world that's out there.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

The highest state is laughter.

In my own life I know that my state of cheerfulness is a reliable gauge of my level of spiritual enlightenment at that moment. The more cheerful, happy, contented, and satisfied I am feeling, the more aware I am of my deep connection to Spirit.

The Buddha over and over again spoke clearly and definitely on post-mortem states - as in his conversation with Vasetta.