Buddhism Quotes
A life out of balance is a person that doesn’t believe happiness can be achieved now, or in the future. It is as fleeting as the wind.
Suffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.
In fact, no form of death places a greater burden on society than suicide, for the act of suicide is the way a person seeks to resolve his alienation from a cooperative society.
While a man desires a woman, His mind is boundAs closely as a calf to its mother.As you would pluck an autumn lily, Pluck the arrow of desire.
Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
According to the Buddha's doctrine that they believed in, it was not the caste that defined a person high or low. It was one's deeds that mattered.
Anger spoils relationships where there should be great reciprocity.
Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment & through mindfulness, we can shape our reaction right away.
The very fact that you can observe this thinking mind is proof that you are not this thinking mind.
Do what helps others. Refrain from harming others. Transcend your own ignorance, clinging, hate, fear and delusion. This and only this is the dispensation of all the Buddhas.
Jewish texts compare the knowable universe to the size of a mustard seed. Similar association between God and man made in Quran, Buddhism.
It is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves.
This constant mental diatribe and the frustrations, worries, insecurities and muscular tension that ensues are the self.
That nagging state of constant thought that exists somewhere between the ears and behind the eyes is the self.
We tend to view ourselves as this, lying in contradiction with everything that is not ourselves, that.
A revolution in the eyes of man carries purpose.A revolution in the eyes of the awakened carries bliss.
Om was there in the existence, when no religion was formed or founded. It will be there in the existence, if all the religions are demolished.
Deep down I believe each of us is a well-spring of understanding and wisdom, but we simply never allow the space or time for this understanding to rise to the level of conscious thought.
The more we have outside ourselves the harder it is to get inside ourselves.
Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.
Sometimes it takes a miracle to remind us that the only permanent condition is that of impermanence.
They asked a wise man: Why don’t we ever hear you backbiting and slandering?He said: I’m still not happy with myself to start with others.
Inner Peace can be seen as the ultimate benefit of practicing patience.
For as long as space remains, For as long as sentient beings remain, Until then may I too remainTo dispel the miseries of the world.
...for you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force." Vesadeva to Siddartha
I'd like to dividemyself in order to see, among these mountains, each and every flowerof every cherry tree.
Where would I find enough leatherTo cover the entire surface of the earth?But with leather soles beneath my feet, It’s as if the whole world has been covered.
Limitations gone:Since my mind fixed on the moon, Clarity and serenityMake something for whichThere's no end in sight.
Tightly held by rocksThrough winter, the ice todayBegins to come undone:A way-seeker also is the water, Melting, murmuring from the moss.
The victorious ones have saidThat emptiness is the relinquishing of all views.For whomever emptiness is a view, That one has achieved nothing.
Awakening does not mean a change in difficulty, it means a change in how those difficulties are met.
The way is yours for the asking - the way is yours for the taking. The way is as it should be.
Today's satori:Such a change of mind wouldNot exist withoutMy lifelong habit of havingMy mind immersed in blossoms.
It was my letting go that gave me a better hold.
The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.