In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The Buddha gave equal opportunities to women. But we, even as followers of Buddha, neglected that. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“In the eyes of Buddha, there are no evil people, only people who don't yet have light in their hearts.” — Lijia Zhang Copy Share Image
“Opportunities are not gifts of circumstance but reflections of our inner readiness. When we reshape who we are, we find the world… — Majid Kazmi Copy Share Image
I like Muhammad a lot, because he's like us more than anybody else. Jesus is just so exalted, and Buddha is just… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Buddha was not a Buddhist. Jesus was not a Christian. Muhammad was not a Muslim. They were teachers who taught Love…Love was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As Dr. Chiang puts it, “while Buddha came to China on white elephants, Christ was borne on cannon balls. — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
Buddha called himself 'The Enlightened One' and Jesus called himself 'The Son of God'. To me the term 'World-Teacher' is of as… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“It [enlightenment] has not come to you by means of teaching! And-thus is my thought, oh exalted one,-nobody will obtain salvation by… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
That is why he appears to us who are deeply life-hypnotized, obsessed about being alive in any way, as life-negating. To us,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Fat Charlie went back to his hotel room, the colour of underwater, where his lime sat, like a small green Buddha, on… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Theosophy tries to bridge the gulf between Buddhism and Christianity by pointing to the fundamental spiritual truths on which both religions are… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will… — Buddha Copy Share Image
“The Buddha promised redemption after thousands of deaths and rebirths, after millennia of suffering. Epicurus promised the end of all striving with… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“A ridiculous thing it is, in fact, that man or woman, endowed with the same nature as Buddha's, born the lord of… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, for one great cause alone appear in the world. The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, appear in the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Buddha-nature or real self, being the seat of love and the nucleus of sincerity, forms the warp and woof of all moral… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
You have to be able to connect to the world of archetypes. That is not so easy, and most people in the… — Robert Svoboda Copy Share Image
The Zen Master warns: 'If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!' This admonition points up that no meaning that… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
One day I saw a picture of the Buddha on a Buddhist magazine and he was sitting on the grass, and he… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“What was clear, however, was that the Buddha was born male, then cut off all his hair one day and got enlightened,… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
“So it is with the mind, Nandini. Allow it to be in balance. Avoid extremes: the middle way is better. Neither force… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
“I simply worship Buddha. I ask Buddha for nothing. I ask Dharma for nothing. I ask Samgha for nothing.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it gets I wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind” — Ikkyu Copy Share Image
“The Buddha does not see nibbana as a special, metaphysical place to go to but as a process of dissolution that one… — Martine Batchelor Copy Share Image
“If I say "A lotus for you, a Buddha to be," it means, "I see clearly the Buddha nature in you.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of existence from without, like the Buddha. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“We don't need to be the sun to illuminate the world; even the faintest light of kindness can make it shine.” — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
I went on a Buddha jag. I read 'Confession of a Buddhist Atheist' by Stephen Batchelor and Karen Armstrong's biography of Buddha,… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
“Our job is to make others feel better and to find happiness. It will ultimately make you happy and abundant.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
Buddha never rejected Hinduism, but he broadened its base. He gave it a new life and a new interpretation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This… — Hakuin Ekaku Copy Share Image
“The Buddha achieved enlightenment as he sat under the spreading limbs of the Bodhi tree, breathing in and out in silence, as… — Nalini M. Nadkarni Copy Share Image
“12. The Great Person and Small Person. For these reasons Zen proposes to call man Buddha-natured or Good-natured in a sense transcendental… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“In Buddha’s opinion, to train in staying open and curious—to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs—is the best use of our… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
A Buddha is a Buddha,a Krishna is a Krishna,and you are you.And you are not in any way less than anybody else.Respect… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are only two mistakes on the way to truth,” the Buddha taught. “One is not going far enough and the other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I read that Buddha was able to see all of his past lives, and I realized the only way any of these… — Fred Alan Wolf Copy Share Image
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