Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The creatures that inhabit this earth--be they human beings or animals--are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice… — Joseph Jarman Copy Share Image
If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In horror of death, I took to the mountains - again and again I meditated on the uncertainty of the hour of… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
As you become more aware of your own imperfections, you simultaneously become more aware of the overall perfection of the universe. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Know all things to be like this: A mirage, a cloud castle, A dream, an apparition, Without essence, but with qualities that… — Gautama Buddha 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
I just want to live as a simple Buddhist monk, but during the last thirty years I have made many friends around… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
What we're calling 'presencing' is possible because of this womb, where the absolute and the manifest interact. I think a buddhist would… — Betty Sue Flowers Copy Share Image
“***Not Religious October 31, 2017 I am an ordained Lama of the Celtic Buddhist lineage, a multi-decade student of many great Tibetan… — Doug "Ten" Rose Copy Share Image
What we, thanks to Jung, call "synchronicity" (coincidence on steroids), Buddhists have long known as "the interpenetration of realities." Whether it's a… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Crucial to how we feel is being aware of how we are feeling in the moment. The sine qua non of that… — Paul Ekman Copy Share Image
The key to genuine happiness is in our hands. To think this way is to discover the essential values of kindness, brotherly… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist… — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
You see, Buddhists are optimists. We never saw sunsets in Atlantis like we do now. We didn't have those great chemicals in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I’m someone who can sit in a Buddhist temple, and I can sit with Pentecostals or with Orthodox Jews, and I still… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
A man asked Lord Buddha "I want happiness." Lord Buddha said - first remove "I" that's ego. Then remove "Want" that's desire.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Buddhism is the study of the way the mind works. One has to be able to hold a large number of relational… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even if only a few individuals try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves, and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others,… — 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
Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice… — Nhat Hanh 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
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
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
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
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
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
What makes a difference is when we take our mind and put it into the scriptures, when we read the Buddhist Canon,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It seems the guys who are best at sex approach it with the serenity of a Buddhist monk. They are never going… — Roberto Hogue Copy Share Image
It is ironic that Samuel Berger learned of this espionage in exactly the same month that Al Gore was attending his now… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
When one drives away the negligent through vigilance, he climbs the heights of wisdom, and can see the suffering masses. Serene, you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a reformed Taoist, part-time Buddhist, Hindu, animist, pagan, Jewish mystic, and Christian. I always got along great with priests and… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
