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suddenly gained an understanding of all teachings, the ability to see things as they really are and not how others see them, how to examine things with his own wisdom while remaining free from discursive views, and all the abilities of a great yogin38 no longer dependent on others:
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some goal. Enlightenment is dropping all that.
Charlotte J. Beck • Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Plus)
The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment
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One of the core meanings of enlightenment is liberation from false and spurious value attachments that blind the individual to his or her true essence. When and if I learn that ultimately I am my mind and my manner of using it—when and if I understand that ego is only the internal experience of consciousness, the ultimate center of awareness—I am f
... See moreNathaniel Branden • Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect
Enlightenment is a way of viewing and experiencing life. These practices are meant to be one part—although a powerful and important part—of a comprehensive devotion to truth, love, and wisdom grounded in a moral and ethical landscape of selfless commitment to the welfare of all beings and undertaken in a spirit of appreciation for the great mystery
... See moreAdyashanti • The Direct Way: Thirty Practices to Evoke Awakening
freedom. The twentieth-century Indian meditation master Sri Nisargadatta