Buddhist practice is the grounding for this work, this life, this way. — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are. — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I do some compassionate mindfulness every day. It's like a Buddhist thing. I tell myself that I'm doing a good job, that… — Maria Bamford Copy Share Image
Buddhism is the study of the way the mind works. One has to be able to hold a large number of relational… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
You see, Buddhists are optimists. We never saw sunsets in Atlantis like we do now. We didn't have those great chemicals in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I’m someone who can sit in a Buddhist temple, and I can sit with Pentecostals or with Orthodox Jews, and I still… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
A man asked Lord Buddha "I want happiness." Lord Buddha said - first remove "I" that's ego. Then remove "Want" that's desire.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even if only a few individuals try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves, and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I often say that I'm a Buddhist-Episcopalian. I say that partly to annoy people.I like to annoy people who think that a… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
In the story ["The Pyramid and the Ass"] there's this war against the so-called Buddhist Terrorists. As we find out, they're not… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
“Much of the Buddhist aspiration revolves around mastering this internal reality, fortifying it, and cutting all external strings that might be attached… — Michael Williams Copy Share Image
The basic nature of all conscious beings is 'self-existing wakefulness'. Self-existing meaning spontaneous or without effort and wakefulness meaning natural awareness. To… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“On the philosophic side the disciples of the Great Master dashed themselves against the eternal rocks of the Vedas and could not… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, a rare combination of mystic,… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
There is a buddhist proverb which I like a lot. It says: "Every body deserves mercy". That means that every body is… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of… — Akkineni Nagarjuna Copy Share Image
There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Some tried to kill him; there were assassination attempts. Some hated him ... this is par for the course. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists. — Dogen Copy Share Image
If only I could throw away the urge to trace my patterns in your heart, I could really see you. — Dave Brandon Copy Share Image
A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-al ready-are. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
![“In the story ["The Pyramid and the Ass"] there's this war against the so-called Buddhist Terrorists. As we find out, they're not really terrorists at all, just good folks trying to liberate people from technology and fight against an American government/corporation trying to coopt our souls. The…” quote by Alexander Weinstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/95d/alexander-weinstein-17341_american-government_in-the-story-the-pyramid-and-the-ass-the_2664321.jpg)
