The mind is pure and luminous by nature. It is defiled only by adventitious thoughts and emotions — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“If you're determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen… — Yongey Mingyur Copy Share Image
“In general, I call her every night, and we talk for an hour, which is forty-five minutes of me, and fifteen minutes… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If we don't get violent with ourselves, castigate ourselves, ostracize ourselves and excommunicate ourselves because we didn't live up to the standards… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I really feel that some people neglect and overlook compassion because they associate it with religion. Of course, everyone is free to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In the Father's house we shall meet Buddhists and Jews, Muslims and Protestants... — Hélder Câmara Copy Share Image
Death and dying provide a meeting-point between the Tibetan Buddhist and modern scientific traditions. I believe both have a great deal to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I can't tell how moving it is to open my email and see a picture of 1,500 Buddhist monks and nuns in… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
As a monk you have a responsibility to meditate many hours a day. Not just to sit there but to think of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Within the framework of the Buddhist Path, reflecting on suffering has tremendous importance because -realizing the nature of suffering, you will develop… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Well neither of us were "Buddhists" then because it was new to us. We were 60's people. Psychedelic relics, you know... whatever,… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
It may seem unrealistic to think we can ever become free from hatred, but Buddhists have systematic methods for gradually developing a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The Buddhists say if you meet somebody and your heart pounds, your hands shake, your knees go weak, that’s not the one.… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
Some of my best friends are Hindu or Buddhist or Sikh, my students as well. This is the sea in which I… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
In spiritual growth, it is important to avoid imbalances between academic or intellectual learning and practical implementation. Otherwise there is a danger… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
