“If we can’t be ballplayers together, maybe I can start bein’ a Buddhist.” — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one, it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer… — Björk Copy Share Image
Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Your mantrum is the awareness of the dream - to enjoy and appreciate and have gratitude for all; neither to condemn nor… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
In Buddhist Yoga, we refer to our mutlilife karmic traits as samskaras. They are the internal karmic patterns that make each of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That's why Buddhism teaches… — Hsuan Hua Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of great beliefs in the Buddhist religion, I think there's a lot of great beliefs in the… — Cristian Machado Copy Share Image
Cross-country running was so beautiful with all the trails and the lake regions ... very physical and also a bit spiritual, where… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Buddhists have a long-standing tradition of believing that at some level we always know what the best course of action is in… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist point of view, the actual experience of death is very important. Although how or where we will be reborn… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
…the interesting thing was that the Roman Catholic monks and the Buddhist monks had no trouble understanding each other. Each of them… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I was born in England and brought up in London. When I was 18 I read a book and came across the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Ko Un's poems evoke the open creativity and fluidity of nature, and funny turns and twists of Mind. Mind is sometimes registered… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
What yoga philosophy and all the great Buddhist teachings tells us is that solidity is a creation of the ordinary mind and… — Donna Farhi Copy Share Image
It is neither just the religious, the spiritual, the power-hungry, the evil, the ignorant, the corrupt, the Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion. — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist. — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
Just because it doesn't work out for you, doesn't mean that it's not wonderful for someone else. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A noble person is mindful and thankful for the favors he receives from others. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
You have to come to the world of enlightenment with open hands, not clinched fists, without an agenda. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
According to the Buddhist belief, you can go on and on indefinitely, so you see your life as just a brief moment… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When I'm riding my bicycle I feel like a Buddhist who is happy just to enjoy his mundane existence — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Simplify your life and your mind. Think more of infinity and less of yourself. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddha was not a Christian, but Jesus would have made a good Buddhist. — Ray Wylie Hubbard Copy Share Image
The minute you say "I can't", it is another wrong affirmation to your subconscious that you choose to lose. — Tsem Tulku Copy Share Image
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image