To be a good Zen Buddhist it is not enough to follow the teaching of its founder; we have to experience the… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did we would do things differently. Do what the Buddhists… — Morrie Schwartz Copy Share Image
When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Suffering is universal. it’s the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about. — John Green Copy Share Image
Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The legendary Buddhist flower udumbara is believed to blossom once every three millennia! What about the Flower of Peace? In every ten… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Another of the things I started to do during this time was what Buddhists normally call "meditation" or, in Christian terms, "contemplative… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Journey over, sorrowless, freed in every way, and with all bonds broken - for such a man there is no more distress. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
This same formula by which Buddhists so anti-rationalistically and anti-banausically describe the "relation" between soul and body also applies to the relation… — Kenny Smith 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
Reconciliation is to understand both sides; to go to one side and describe the suffering being endured by the other side, and… — Nhat Hanh 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
Each step may seem to take forever, but no matter how uninspired you feel, continue to follow your practice schedule precisely and… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Without that poise and balance and gentle humor and caring sense, nothing happens at all. It's just egotism and vanity and jealousy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Sometimes people feel disappointed when they hear about practicing compassion: "You mean I have to be nice?" It's kind of a letdown.… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
In the Far Eastern languages we have many different words to describe the varying degrees of reality that a thing, a state… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
