Buddhism Quotes
Close the eyes, and focus on the third eye, the heart chakra, or the navel center. It is a good idea to alternate them.
Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.
Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
The Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much.
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.
When your mind is clear and your third eye is open, you can see and know things that are taking place thousands of miles away from you.
The fundamental goal of Buddhism is the realization of the peace and happiness of humankind.
In the game of Frisbee you throw the disk to someone else. The point of Frisbee is perfect communication. The person at the other end of the field is receiving an impression, a vibration from you.
Life is movement. The more life there is, the more flexibility there is. The more fluid you are, the more you are alive.
Transform yourself. It is not the opponent that will change, or the Frisbee. They will change in relation to your change. You must change.
Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies.
A person of knowledge and power never goes out looking for battles. All their battles are within.
We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
The ghetto is not where you live. The ghetto is inside your mind. And anyone who tells you that you can't get out of the ghettos of your own mind has no idea what they're talking about.
All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others
The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Mindfulness has never met a cognition it didn't like.
You are your state of mind. Your state of mind creates your view, or your window, on life.
A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation.
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.
It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
If you are in a state of mind in which all things are one, then you can spend your time in lingerie shops.
Buddhism is all about science. If science is the systematic pursuit of the accurate knowledge of reality, then science is Buddhism, Buddhism is science.
it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.
Your whole life is inside your mind. Your mind is the prism that refracts the entire universe. Everything around you and within you comes from your mind.
Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.
When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.
Sometimes it is hard to see in life. If the fog rolls in we can't see anything. Most people get caught up in life that they forget the purpose of life is to be happy.
I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. This is what man wants for a good and happy life. Neither god nor soul can save society.
When all that’s left of us is the pure untainted consciousness without form, we’ll know what it means when the last human breath expires.
Like a robe wears out over time and turns to rags, life wears out from day to day, from second to second.
All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.