“We must admit that very often we are afraid or ashamed to look at our own minds. So we prefer to avoid it. One should be bold and sincere and look at one's own mind as one looks at one's… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection,… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the creation of life by God… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
As long as you are conscious of yourself, you can never concentrate on anything. — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
It is always a question of knowing and seeing, and not that of believing. The teaching of the Buddha is qualified as ehi-passika, inviting… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
“Human language is too poor to express the real nature of the Absolute Truth or Ultimate Reality which is Nirvana. Language is created and… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
“Here the four elements of solidity, fluidity, heat and motion have no place; the notions of length and breadth, the subtle and the gross,… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
All great work artistic, poetic, intellectual or spiritual is produced at those moments when creators forget themselves altogether and are free from self-consciousness. — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
There is no unmoving mover behind the movement. It is only movement. It is not correct to say that life is moving, but life… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
“What we call life...is the combination of the Five Aggregates, a combination of physical and mental energies. These are constantly changing; they do not… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
“To be attached to one thing (to a certain view) and to look down upon other things (views) as inferior—this the wise men call… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
If by the expression "not practical" you mean "not easy," you are right. Definitely it is not easy. Yet it should be tried. You… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
“We must admit that very often we are afraid or ashamed to look at our own minds. So we prefer to avoid it. One… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
“…When the secret is discovered, when the Truth is seen, all the forces which feverishly produce the continuity of samsara in illusion become calm… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share
