When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Straight away, remove yourself from the field of spiritual progression , stay away from contemplation and skillful discourse, do not do research… — Abhinavagupta Copy Share Image
I live for the moment. I'm basically a Buddhist-type person. I'm just here right now, and I don't think about what's going… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
When a man venerates those worthy of veneration, be they Buddhas or their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind. — Huineng 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
You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise,… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our… — Dhammananda Bhikkhuni Copy Share Image
'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
This, perhaps, goes to show that conditional self-esteem, as I have said for many years, is an insidious, real sickness, so much… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Don't call for a revolution, but look at yourself honestly and create an evolution. — Tsem Tulku Copy Share Image
[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68) — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There's a famous quotation from the time the Buddha learned of the deaths of two of his greatest disciples: "It's as if… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Those who would be employed in propagating the Gospel should be familiar with the doctrines he is to combat and the doctrines… — William Carey Copy Share Image
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the… — U Thant Copy Share Image
I practice Buddhist philosophy and contemplation but I don't know if I'm more of anything. — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist perspective, it is incorrect to always assume that we know what is best. — Frederick Lenz 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
So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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