Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The Dalai Lama acknowledges that he's met Westerners who to some extent are clearly Easterners at heart, and he would never want… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Every civilization: Hindu, Buddhist, Confucianist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim, all of them understood that LEARNING was to make a BETTER HUMAN BEING,… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
You must be accommodating with your teacher. You must have a sense of humor about your teacher and the impossible things they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They're a sense of play. But… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
You need to search your awareness and consider the limitless possibilities of existence in all things and not be so narrow-minded in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Few are those among men who have crossed over to the other shore, while the rest of mankind runs along the bank.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
There is no denying that consideration of others is worthwhile and that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the happiness of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Although I'm not Christian, I was raised Christian. I'm an atheist, with a slight Buddhist leaning. I've got a very strong sense… — Rachel Griffiths Copy Share Image
Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The identity of just one thing, the "clash of civilization" view that you're a Muslim or a Hindu or a Buddhist or… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Now you are on the Buddhist way. Keep up your meditation, as there is no instant illumination. The mind moves slowly into… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Let go the past, let go the future, and let go the present (front, back, middle). Crossing to the farther shore of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Buddhist as well as non-Buddhist religions regard, without exception, their founders as superhuman beings, but the practisers of Zen hold the Buddha… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The idea that Buddhism denies what is called in the West 'individual immortality' is a mistake, so far as the Buddhist scriptures… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Human beings have become so afraid of the unknown, themselves, and each other that they deprive themselves of that innate ecstasy and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Live contemplating the body. Contemplate internally and externally. Contemplate the origination of things in the body. Contemplate the dissolution of things in… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It takes tremendous self-restraint on the part of the student not to want to monopolize the teacher's attention, to live a very… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I hear real faithful people - whether it's a real Christian, or a real Buddhist, or a real Muslim - I… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
Rid of craving and without clinging, an expert in the study of texts, and understanding the right sequence of the words, he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not of… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I wouldn't consider myself a Buddhist or a card-carrying zealot at all. My first commitment is as a scientist to uncover the… — Richard Davidson Copy Share Image
Buddhists understand that today and all other days have turned out the way they have because of karma. The interconnection of one… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Here in this body are the sacred rivers, here are the sun and moon, as well as the pilgrimage places. I have… — Saraha Copy Share Image
Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One of the ideas that runs through this book [Lincoln in the Bardo] is this Buddhist notion that the mind is incredibly… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
In New York we have streets exploding and innocent Buddhist girls being stabbed in the neck and cabdrivers refusing to help her.… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught… — Akkineni Nagarjuna Copy Share Image
To an experienced Zen Buddhist, asking if one believes in Zen or one believes in the Buddha, sounds a little ludicrous, like… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
What's important is to be supportive of all who practice. Anyone on any level, even if they don't call it self-discovery, who… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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