“The tool the Buddha holds out to free the mind from desire is understanding.” — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“Good friendship, in Buddhism, means considerably more than associating with people that one finds amenable and who share one's interests. It means in effect… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“Like a lake unruffled by any breeze, the concentrated mind is a faithful reflector that mirrors whatever is placed before it exactly as it… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid civilian casualties,… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“We have to be prepared and willing to discover what is true even at the cost of our comfort. For real security always lies… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“Truthful speech provides, in the sphere of interpersonal communication, a parallel to wisdom in the sphere of private understanding.” — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“For the Buddha, the key to liberation is mental purity and correct understanding, and for this reason he rejects the notion that we can… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness brings to light experience in its pure immediacy. It reveals the object as it is before it has been plastered over with conceptual… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“Samādhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification.” — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“The mind itself—the seemingly solid, stable mind—dissolves into a stream of cittas flashing in and out of being moment by moment, coming from nowhere… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“A spiritual tradition is not a shallow stream in which one can wet one’s feet and then beat a quick retreat to the shore.… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“One-pointedness of mind explains the fact that in any act of consciousness there is a central point of focus, towards which the entire objective… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“The choice of a spiritual path is closer to marriage: one wants a partner for life, one whose companionship will prove as trustworthy and… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
