Buddhist Monk Quotes

Buddhist Monk Quote of the day

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are.

Some consider me as a living Buddha. That's nonsense. That's silly. That's wrong. If they consider me a simple Buddhist monk, however, that's probably okay.

I'm nothing special, just an ordinary human being. That's why I always describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk.

I certainly haven't lived the life of a Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive resistance. And thirdly, in reality, violence is not our strength.

I was initiated as a Buddhist monk at the age of 19, but I think that initiation is simply a starting point.

Being a Buddhist monk means never losing one's optimism in spite of all difficulties. It also means being harder on yourself than any of your teachers ever were.

A Buddhist monk has a responsibility first and foremost to themselves, and that's to find the truth each day in every part of their life.