669 Quotes About Realization

The Buddhist teachings move along a graduated path: first the stages of calm abiding and then the stages of deep insight. Through such gradual practices, lamas of the past gave birth to realization in their mental continuum and discovered primordial wisdom. All the qualities that the great masters found, we can attain as well. It all depends on our own efforts, our diligence, our deeper knowing, and our correct motivation. – 17th Karmapa

Many seekers start "overdoing" it. They become like a fish that desperately wants to get out of ocean. Calm down. Fish can't get out of ocean. Ocean is all there is. And you're the ocean, not a fish.

I know one day we will awake as one and all the differences of two will disappear.

You can feel Him but you cannot understand Him.

Wisdom of enlightenment,Many come asking for,But I wonder, how to convey,The sound that is of a rain,And the song that is of a river.

We all are nameless and formless within, therefore too, we all are one.

Let me talk about love,In such a way,In so many ways,That eventually you will become one like me.

We must reject the artificial and embrace what is real and true: truth in food, community, relationships and self.

We Are All One. When we allow ourselves to become aware of this statement in its purest form, we open the doors to reveal the oneness of being. Using the process of conscious evolution we begin to recognize our true underlying identity, for once we have glimpsed the existence of this realm, we then begin to reveal what it is . . . . our true natural state.