Buddhism Quotes · Page 49

“Enlightenments, like accidents, happen only to prepared minds. ”

— Anonymous

“If you are the one thing you think is right with the world then you are the problem. - Dharma ”

— Sophie McKeand

Sexuality is the primary focus of our culture, and almost no one has come to resolve it.

— Frederick Lenz

“You know what the Buddhists say? Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent.”

— Mitch Albom

“Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.”

— Sharon Salzberg

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

— John Burdett

I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist,…

— Hafez

Purity is also developed in action. Purity is developed when we love.

— Frederick Lenz

I don't really go down one path. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist, or a Catholic or a Christian or a Muslim,…

— Dean Cain

“Karma means ‘action’. Like many, you misunderstand its nature. Past misdeeds can be corrected before your karma ripens: it is not some…

— John Dolan

“Mum,” she frowned “if one has freedom of worship to either be a Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist or pagan: why can’t one…

— S. A. David

“I do not dispute with the world, it is the world that disputes with me. A speaker of Dhamma does not dispute…

— Bhikkus

“We’ll mark the butterflies disappearing over the hedge with tiny wristwatches on their wings: our fingers touching the earth, like two Buddhas”

— Irving Layton

I used to live in Buddhist monasteries and I finally had to leave them because they were just too cluttered for me.…

— Frederick Lenz

The causal body is the part of you that lives forever. It is ancient and complicated. It has lived through countless lives…

— Frederick Lenz

All the joys in all the worlds of all beings who have ever been or will ever be, will never equal the…

— Frederick Lenz

“When one gathers all the books of all worldly religions, when one beholds (dharan) them, then the phenomenon of religious upholding (dharma…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Too often, contemporary continental philosophers take the “other” of philosophy to mean literature, but not religion, which is for them just a…

— John D. Caputo

We might think we can find a buddha or enlightenment somewhere beyond this mind; we might think we can find serenity, clarity,…

— Geoffrey Shugen Arnold

“In the 18th century, a revolution in thought, known as the Enlightenment, dragged us away from the superstition and brutality of the…

— Charlie Brooker

“What binds Buddhism, Sufism, and Quaker practices together is a belief in our interconnectedness; profound respect for others; being guided by a…

— Charlotte Kasl

“What the Enlightenment rejected in the South Sea islands was what it perceived as a stupor, the docile submission to whatever bit…

— Susan Neiman

“Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“We are so fascinated by the complexity and beauty of the various forms in nature, that we have been led away from…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

Enlightenment is not a state of mind, yet all states of mind are contained within it.

— Frederick Lenz

“Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be.”

— Kathleen Dowling Singh

I have been following Buddhism since 11 years now. I love the sound of chanting.

— Sourabh Raj Jain

I feel a number of people who will never be students whom I'm corresponding with inwardly.

— Frederick Lenz

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

— Michael Palin

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

— Nikos Kazantzakis

The causal structure determines the rate and method of evolution, your awareness of the universe.

— Frederick Lenz

If you're studying Buddhism you never really have enough time because you're going to die.

— Frederick Lenz

You might as well be perfect. There is really not all that much else to do here that is exciting.

— Frederick Lenz

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

— Socrates

Enlightenment is nothing but your consciousness being concentrated on a single point - now and here.

— Rajneesh

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” - Buddha”

— Buddhaghosa

“Enlightenment isn’t when you go there; it’s when there comes here.”

— Jed McKenna

“Without morality and ethics there is no religion (dharma), the foundation of religion is morality and ethics.”

— Dada Bhagwan

As Buddha points out, you should not rely on the opinions of others for validation of your internal progression.

— Frederick Lenz

There is enough room in eternity for everyone to be enlightened. We gain or lose nothing by the success of others.

— Frederick Lenz