Awakening Quotes

"This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief." "Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened." "The madman is a dreamer awake." "When we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another." "Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up." "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." "We're here to awaken from the illusion of separateness" "We're here to awaken to the divinity within, and to honor and cherish that same divinity in all living beings." "Understanding means throwing away your knowledge." "I am not a teacher, but an awakener." "We have to live our life as a Buddha fully. Each human being has a Buddha nature. Buddhist monks practice in order to be a fully awakened human being." "What if I told you, everything you know is a lie?" "There is no coming to consciousness without pain." "Slept, awoke, slept, awoke, miserable life" "Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes" "Beauty awakens the soul to act" "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds" "The more awakened your mind becomes, the more deeply you are able to penetrate the dark shadows of your life. " "I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy." "Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange"