Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. the moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in dewdrops on the grass, or even in one drop of water.

Enlightenment does not divide you, just as the moon does not break the water. You cannot hinder enlightenment, just as a drop of water does not hinder the moon in the sky. The depth fo the drop is the height of the moon. Each reflection, however long or short its duration, manifests the vastness of the dewdrop, and realizes the limitlessness of the moonlight in the sky.

- Dogen, quoted in Enlightenment Unfolds



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Deepavali, or Diwali, (Markiscarali) is a major Indian festival, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism. Many legends are associated with Diwali.

Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the globe as the "Festival of Light," where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being .

Diwali Quote 1
The sun does not shine there, nor do the moon and the stars, nor do lightning shine? All the lights of the world cannot be compared even to a ray of the inner light of the Self. Merge yourself in this light of lights and enjoy the supreme Deepavali.

Diwali Quote 2
May you all attain full inner illumination! May the supreme light of lights enlighten your understanding! May you all attain the inexhaustible spiritual wealth of the Self! May you all prosper gloriously on the material as well as spiritual planes!

More free diwali quotes online at http://www.hindilyrix.com/quotes/diwali-quotes/.

...the Truth reveals itself as divine intoxication.
No matter what is happening, you experience a high state.
Someone may be yelling at you, and you think, "Listen to that -
the glory of God!" In everything and everyone you experience
only intoxication, ecstasy.
Some people experience the answer as absolute enlightenment,
complete serenity.

~Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, p.4


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