The Buddhist mindset seeks to eliminate the self. That is to say, what we want to experience is life, not self. When… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce.… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
When you climb a ladder and arrive on the sixth step and you think that is the highest, then you cannot come… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Since there were others, a long time ago, who were kind enough to give me a hard time and allow me to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Though you might conquer in battle A thousand times a thousand men, You're the greatest battle-winner If you conquer just one -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature. — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The Buddha described his teaching as "going against the stream." The unflinching light of mindful awareness reveals the extent to which we… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I was born in England and brought up in London. When I was 18 I read a book and came across the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Buddhists have a long-standing tradition of believing that at some level we always know what the best course of action is in… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
You must be accommodating with your teacher. You must have a sense of humor about your teacher and the impossible things they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What is required is the finding of that Immovable Point within one's self, which is not shaken by any of those tempests… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There's a kind of training, when you are sitting in a session in the Japanese tradition or any of the Buddhist traditions,… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Some people get the impression that Buddhism talks too much about suffering. In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
