If you can't think of an enlightened person positively, don't think of them at all. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Self-hate doesn't create enlightenment. It just causes you to not enjoy the current moment. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The heart is always the place to go. Go home into your heart, where there is warmth, appreciation, gratitude and contentment — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
Compassion and love is the source of external and internal peace and is also the root of racial survival. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart. — Gautama Buddha 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
I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help,… — Nhat Hanh 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
If you want to experience the unalloyed ecstasy of life, you can accomplish this through the twin Buddhist practices of meditation and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I have a great deal of spiritual dignity. It's on loan from eternity, and you do too, and we have to use… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Buddhists have a story about blind men trying to describe an elephant by feeling it's various parts, and each describes the… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking one's… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
The Bible represents a fundamental guidepost for millions of people on the planet, in much the same way the Koran, Torah, and… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
One day Mara, the Buddhist god of ignorance and evil, was traveling through the villages of India with his attendants. He saw… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is Buddha's word for meditation. By mindfulness he means: you should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain present. Not… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Through your love for each other, through learning the art of making one person happy, you learn to express your love for… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“A person of little knowledge Grows old as a plough-ox grows old. His fleshes increases; His wisdom does not increase.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
“Even my Buddhist friends have been feeling despair and when they go bad, you know the end is nigh.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If you can ,be a Jesus Christ.But never be a Christian.If you can,be a Buddha.But never be a Buddhist. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm nothing special, just an ordinary human being. That's why I always describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He's a Catholic, a Hindy, an atheist, a Chein, a Buddhist, a Baptist and a Jew, and he knows, he shouldn't kill. — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed. — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share Image
Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
