Dogen Zenji Quotes

I'm no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here.

By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within.

Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.

Enlightenment is lightening up.

Meditation is not growth of the ego, it is death of the ego.

When you get to a higher level of consciousness, though, when you get into a spiritual approach to life, you are not trying to get someplace else...

The most effective way to transform into higher consciousness is to pay attention in the present moment.

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it.

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.

I'm not speaking as someone who has reached satori or anything else. I'm a student.

The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation.

All of us, at different times of life, are looking for answers. It happened to me a decade ago and led me to the path of wanting to know more. I read Osho, Sadhguru, Deepak Chopra, and Parmananda Yogi. I haven't found the ultimate answer. The journey is the answer.

Enlightenment is awakened awareness.

Enlightenment is "being," and it grows; it's end is serenity.

The spiritual quest is a journey without distance. You travel from where you are right now To where you have always been. From ignorance to recognition.

Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.

When every moment, you experience yourself as the source of creation, not as a piece of creation, then you are realized.

You can enter yoga, or the path of yoga, only when you are totally frustrated with your own mind as it is. If you are still hoping that you can gain something through your mind, yoga is not for you.