Buddhist Quotes
Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.
A sick body with a good heart is more beneficial to future lives than a fit, healthy body that is used for self-cherishing.
Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated.
Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow.
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.
Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.
Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community and so on.
I'm not a preacher, but I preach. I'm not a Buddhist, but I chant. I'm not race theorist, but I have questions and ponderances around the complexities of race and class and culture wherever I am.
Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world.
After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.
Until he has unconditional and unbiased love for all beings, man will not find peace.
Live contemplating the body. Contemplate internally and externally. Contemplate the origination of things in the body. Contemplate the dissolution of things in the body.
As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.
Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into the path.
The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.
Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide to those in need, revealing the path to many.
By defilement of mind, beings are defiled; by purification of mind, beings are purified.
This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.
When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure.
One can appreciate & celebrate each moment — there’s nothing more sacred. There’s nothing more vast or absolute. In fact, there’s nothing more!
We have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and respect as much as our own
Feeling sorry for yourself for one single minute is okay, but spend all your remaining time on solutions.
With no mind, flowers lure the butterfly; With no mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes; When the butterfly comes, the flowers bloom.
The best part of all is that no matter how long you practice, or what method you use, every technique of Buddhist meditation ultimately generates compassion.
No Buddhist, no Christian, no Hindu. Deeply religious people have no religion. They belong to no seat, theirs is the religion of the heart!
I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.
My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.
Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.
When others put you down for who you are or what you're doing, it just means that you're going in the right direction.
Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.
Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going.
According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life.
'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.
If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated.
All beings tremble before violence. All love life. All fear death. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?
The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.