“Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
They say the full potential of the human being is called enlightenment, which is infinite consciousness, infinite happiness, zero negativity, zero dying,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“This witnessing consciousness, this formless dimension of yourself, is the awareness in which your experience happens, yet it remains untouched by this… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Buddha himself taught different teachings to different people under different circumstances. For some people, there are beliefs based on a Creator. For… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One Mongolian leader became a very, very brutal dictator and eventually became a murderer. Previously, he was a monk, and then he… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What distinguishes Buddhism from any other faith I’ve studied—from most human beings, really—is that the people who face the wall and the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
When the sunset of life arrives, and its twilight shadows fade away; while dreams of the next begin to appear more vividly;… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
“Imperialism has not allowed us to achieve historical normality,’ Octavio Paz lamented in The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950). Paz was surveying the… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“ Estou me referindo ao que, na sabedoria milenar do yoga, é conhecido como dharma – a lei universal que rege a… — Sri Prem Baba Copy Share Image
The liberals of the eighteenth century, guided by the ideas of natural law and of the Enlightenment, demanded for everyone equality of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I think that there are no forces on this planet more dangerous to us all than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism, of all… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
“Zen is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism. It was brought to China roughly 15 centuries ago, in 6 CE. Zen was brought… — Alexis G. Roldan Copy Share Image
“You've got a lifetime to mull over the Buddhist understanding of interconnectedness. But while you were looking out the window, you missed… — John Green Copy Share Image
If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
“Saints and bodhisattvas may achieve what Christians call mystical union or Buddhists call satori--a perpetual awareness of the force at the heart… — Scott Russell Sanders Copy Share Image
“The consciousness inhabiting your body is exactly the same as the consciousness inhabiting my body. We are one. The delusion that we… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
One of my purposes is to use the television show as a voice to not only entertain people, as I did in… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“Cause and effect, in the Buddhist sense, though. Any action you undertake creates a seed that will sprout when the conditions are… — Jacquie Underdown Copy Share Image
“The idea persists that faith is a remnant of an ancient way of life, a way of knowing that asks for unthinking… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“God can and does use anything God chooses to get our attention. Who's to say the hawk wasn't sent as an agent… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“Buddhism seeks after God with the largest conception it can find, the all-producing and all-absorbing One; Christianity seeks after God with the… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The thought manifests the word; The word manifests the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch… — Dhammapada Copy Share Image
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Dreams are a reservoir of knowledge and experience yet they are often overlooked as a vehicle for exploring reality. In the dream… — Stephen LaBerge Copy Share Image
“What emerges, though, is the idea that perceptions, memories, associations and thoughts may need a resting mind in order to make their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We have almost all had the experience of gazing at the full moon. But those of us who are neither astronomers nor… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is always through surrender, but surrender is achieved through intelligence. Only idiots cannot surrender. To surrender you need great intelligence. To… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Look what we are trying. You call it dharma, but it is not. What we are trying is to come together; come… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, they say attachment to anything only leads to suffering. So when we laugh, it's our way of saying, 'I'm unattached… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
In the fall of 1988, I worshipped God in a Buddhist temple. As the smell of incense filled the air, I knelt… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
“The best system of religion is that which best trains us to surrender unto the Supreme Lord. This is the basic principle… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have a flash of insight, but it's not strong enough to survive. Therefore in the practice of Buddhism, samadhi is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The perfection of joyful determination is defined as taking delight or feeling joy in doing something positive or virtuous. If you are… — Geshe Gyeltsen Copy Share Image
“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can't believe I won't exist. It's the ego isn't it? I… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“In Taiwan during the 1960s and mainland China in the 1980s, conceptualism played a role similar to that of Dada, that is,… — Gao Minglu Copy Share Image
![“Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat should not be eaten in these three instances. I say that there are three instances in which meat may be…” quote by Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3c4/gautama-buddha-163_buddhism_j-vaka-i-say-that-there-are-three-instan_1036396.jpg)
![“It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter ruin. For a period of 17 years--from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old--my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.” quote by Chiang Kai-shek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/695/chiang-kai-shek-11937_age_it-was-entirely-due-to-my-mother-a-devou_1048783.jpg)
