The Buddhists say there are 121 states of consciousness. Of these, only three involve misery or suffering. Most of us spend our… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
The thing about Buddhism is that it stresses attainment of something ineffable, that is where it differs from other religions in that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Different people describe me in a different ways. Some describe me as the living Buddha. Nonsense. Some describe me as 'God-king.' Nonsense.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The pathway to enlightenment is beautiful. There are a lot of wonderful things that happen along the way. Win or lose, you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I've always been fond of the idea expressed in Buddhist art, that there are certain objects that, just by seeing them, can… — Alex Grey 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
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
The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of you, in… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no… — Gautama Buddha 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
The teacher has nothing to do with people who use their mental powers to block the enlightenment of others. These people lack… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Everything that I teach as an enlightened Buddhist teacher is towards directing an individual to happiness, a balanced wisdom and knowledge that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is great that even before we become enlightened or generate any lam-rim realizations we are able to offer incredible benefit to… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Occasionally, in each age and in different lands, a Buddha is born, that is to say, an enlightened person...they re-codify the ways,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat?… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The Buddhists believe that everything in life is random. There are patterns that are intrinsic to life. We don't know why, we… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Love makes you wise. Love unites. Pain divides. Hate divides even more. Hate separates and brings us down to a very physical… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I'm a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It is very important to always hold the thought of an enlightened teacher in your mind in a very positive way. When… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In many traditions, the world was sung into being: Aboriginal Australians believe their ancestors did so. In Hindu and Buddhist thought, Om… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
The perfect man of pagans was the perfection of the man there is; the perfect man of christians, the perfection of the… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Buddhism suggests there are no elect. Everything rests upon your own self-effort, which is the good news because that means you don't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As Buddhist teachers often point out, knowledge, in the sense of prajña, is not knowledge about anything. There is no abstract knower… — Francisco Varela Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the Enlightenment Cycle, of the ways that inner dimensions and nirvana work, lifts you far above the transient sorrows, pains,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People who are advanced meditators don't worry about liberation and self-realization; they instead are interested in the welfare of others and aiding… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Buddha's teaching leads us to the realization that we must always strive to harm no sentient being, human or nonhuman, whether… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
