Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own... — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist perspective, it is incorrect to always assume that we know what is best. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not. — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no emptiness without appearance, and there is no appearance without emptiness. That is what we call the interdependent nature. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Alan Watts, the Buddhist scholar, proposed the existence of a mental faculty he called forgettory, which is the flip side of memory.… — Larry Dossey Copy Share Image
Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Buddhists and Christians contrive to agree about death Making death their ideal basis for different ideals. The Communists however disapprove of death… — William Empson Copy Share Image
To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I don't meditate anymore, and I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist nowadays, though I do chant mantras here and there depending on… — Amber Mark Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated that that. It is opening to or recieving… — Sylvia Boorstein 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
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
Although you can find certain differences among the Buddhist philosophical schools about how the universe came into being, the basic common question… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the former, in… — Sulak Sivaraksa Copy Share Image
To believe straight away is foolishness, to believe after having seen clearly is good sense. That is the Buddhist policy in belief;… — Buddhadasa Copy Share Image
“When I speak in Christian terms or Buddhist terms I'm simply selecting for the moment a dialect. Christian words for me represent… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
“Only one kiss. That was what he had intended. But Ciera’s lips were sweet like the juice of a pomegranate, and her… — Deborah Blake Copy Share Image
From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace,… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
