137 Quotes About Enlightened

The student asked: Master, do you know of a desert island, I want to go there to get enlightened! The master replied: Instead of going to a desert island, bring the desert island to your mind! The key to enlightenment is neither the place you are in nor other people, but only your own mind!

Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

The path of enlightenment will remain closed forever to those who refuse to give up their ego!

The first step towards true enlightenment is to lighten up on yourself.

What is Enlightenment? Enlightenment is to be vigilant when everyone is sleeping; it is to see when everyone is blind; to hear when everyone is deaf!

The one who has enlightened view (right belief; samkiti), he indeed does not have any problems, anywhere. He remains only the Knower-Seer everywhere. As long as there is any problem or objection, it cannot indeed be called samkit (enlightened view, right belief).

It is Vitaraag vignan [the Spiritual Science of the Enlightened Ones] to look at gain, and to see losses is the knowledge of worldly wanderings.

Gnani’s [The enlightened one’s] sangna [directions] is the compass then it will take you to the end of your journey [Moksha, ultimate liberation]. And the worldly people’s sangna [directions] is the compass then it will make you wander in the worldly life.