If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects — Duncan Sheik Copy Share Image
Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
All beings tremble before violence. All love life. All fear death. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
You cannot convince a Buddhist to become a Protestant any more than you can convince a person who embraces realism as the… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Today, due to the massive Chinese population transfer, the nation of Tibet truly faces the threat of extinction, along with its unique… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
That the object of the Brahmins in giving up beef-eating was to snatch away from the Buddhist Bhikshus the supremacy they had… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
As a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process, a reality that I accept will occur as long as I remain… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Free passion is radiation without a radiator, a fluid, pervasive warmth that flows effortlessly. It is not destructive because it is a… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold.… — Anonymous 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
Waterlilies always come in Buddhist sculpture. The Buddhas all stand on lotus pedestals, because the lotus is grown from the mud. The… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Our problem mostly in our abuse of each other and the planet is greed. Just the rampant, incredible greed that people have… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You can call it tathata, suchness. 'Suchness' is a Buddhist way of expressing that there is something in you which always remains… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
