Buddhism Quotes
Meditation brings Nirvana, and Nirvana brings Buddhahood.
So, without telling any of my Zen-snob buddies, I liked to pretend everything was the Pure Land, that my life was already perfect as it was.
When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.
There is no God in Buddha’s teachings. There is no religious ritual in Buddha’s teachings. All that there is, is simple “Karma” or “Work” – that is the “Dhamma” or “Duty” or “Religion” he preached.
When you catch yourself slipping into a pool of negativity, notice how it derives from nothing other than resistance to the current situation.
When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer.
Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.
If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight.
The name one gives is inessential.What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet.
All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains has come through wanting pleasure for oneself. Is there need for lengthy explanation?
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Letting go takes a lot of courage sometimes. But once you let go, happiness comes very quickly. You won't have to go around search for it.
The person who suffers most in this world is the person who has many wrong perceptions, and most of our perceptions are erroneous.
Only this actual moment is life.
Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.
Bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya:For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.
How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him suffering, one who has something, a person bound in mind with people.
Suffering has many faces. If we discover the roots of one suffering, we are at the same time discovering the roots of others.
In Buddhism we would say that you are lazy... Despising yourself, thinking you are no good, saying 'I can't do this.' This is the mind of weakness. You must work to overcome it .
Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher.
Do not lose yourself in the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. Do not get caught in your anger, worries, or fears. Come back to the present moment, and touch life deeply. This is mindfulness.
Meditation is to be aware of what is going on: in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.
I was unprepared for the firsthand experience of mindfulness. The way that awareness … revealed a sense of well-being right there in the heat of my emotions.
If I don't understand you, I may be angry at you, all the time. We are not capable of understanding each other, and that is the main source of human suffering.
The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.
We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences.
Unlike most other world religions, Buddhism has never been too rigid in its structure.
We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.
Greater than all the joysOf heaven and earth, Greater still than dominionOver all the worlds, Is the joy of reaching the stream.
Like a caring motherholding and guarding the lifeof her only child, so with a boundless heartof lovingkindness, hold yourself and all beingsas your beloved children.
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.
What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay... Everything is impermanence, dissatisfaction and nothing can ever belong to itself
I shall live here in the rains, There in winter, Elsewhere in summer, " muses the fool, Not aware of the nearness of death.
Love has no meaning without understanding
Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ).
A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.
Nostalgia is an illness for those who haven't realized that todayis tomorrow's nostalgia.
You are already the awakeness that you seek!
Rest as the awareness that is aware without using thought.
We can learn to return home to our open hearts at any moment.
The big realization when we go beyond the ego is simply seeing that we've always been ok.
You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.
What makes human life--which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never returns again.
Forget self pity, live life! Be the artist of your own life.