So an ancient once said, "Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life". Don't expect your practice to be clear of obstacles.… — Kyongho Copy Share Image
“I died as mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Ah Buddha, you boastful charlatan. You may have learned nothing after 6 years of suffering, but then what of 7 years? What… — Mark X Copy Share Image
The outer is easier, and the outer is objective. For example, one man, Thomas Alva Edison, discovers electricity and the whole of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I reject karma and rebirth not only because I find them unintelligible, but because I believe they obscure and distort what the… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Most people think that an enlightened Buddhist Teacher is a fireman; His job is to put the fire out so that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Such is his power that karma can't hold him. No… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
“This view was prevalent in Japan in the sixth century A.D., when Buddhism first reached that country. The Government, being in doubt… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“You cannot be aware of yourself, for you are awareness itself. How can a witness witness itself? That is like trying to… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“the Mahayanist's aim of life is to bring out man's inborn light of Buddha-nature to illumine the world, to realize the universal… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Many of us have a tendency to deny any negative feelings. We judge them as "bad" or "unenlightened" when, in fact, they… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
To be enlightened is to be aware, always, of total reality in its immanent otherness - to be aware of it and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The idea of buddha mind is not purely a concept or a theoretical, metaphysical idea. It is something extremely real that we… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“The Self is kalpswaroop (becomes what it contemplates). If kalpswaroop remains nirvikalp (free from I-ness and my-ness), then it is a parmatma,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Reverend Mahakasyapa, the Maras who play the devil in the innumerable universes of the ten directions are all Bodhisattvas dwelling in the… — Vimalakirti Copy Share Image
I am a traditionalist, I'm not a conventional person, but I am a traditionalist in the true form of the word, in… — Maya Tiwari Copy Share Image
To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Its big men are mostly little men with fancy offices and a lot of money. A great many of them are stupid… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“What need is there to say more? The childish work for their own benefit, The Buddhas work for the benefit of others.… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
“By doing this, when his or her wisdom of superior seeing directly realizes the emptiness of all phenomena, the Bodhisattva advances from… — Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
“One of the beautiful things about Buddhism is that it does not worship Buddha as a god or deity, but instead celebrates… — Lodro Rinzler Copy Share Image
If for just the time of a finger-snap a monk produces a thought of loving-kindness, develops it, gives attention to it, such… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Our beliefs shape how we perceive reality to be, and the belief that shapes our current perception of reality was adopted by… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Allowing attachments to people/things create a compulsive addiction in us to be controlling. This “control” (fueled by fear of loss) fools us… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
As an enlightened teacher of Buddhism, I'd like to welcome you to the pathway to enlightenment. I'd like to encourage you to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“because Buddhism, having been adopted by savage tribes as well as civilized nations, by quiet, enervated people as well as by warlike,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Without ever having met the Dharma, the Buddha’s legacy to the world, and without having developed a good heart, everything we do… — Lama Zopa Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“But when, from the midst of the printed page, there suddenly sprang out at her these words: 'Here I stand; I can… — Anna Kavan Copy Share Image
In a very philosophic sense I think doing the work is itself a good thing. But at the end of the day,… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another.… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“But if you’re serious about the path to enlightenment and lucrative stock options, go quietly with us in the noise and haste… — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
“Nirvana," says Kiai Hwan,[FN#276] "means the extinction of pain or the crossing over of the sea of life and death. It denotes… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The Buddhist mind is more complicated than the Christian mind. It comes up with endless heavens, endless hells, endless earths, and then… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“No claims were made by him [Buddha] to any unalterable truth, nor did he demand that his teachings should simply be accepted,… — Durden Smith Copy Share Image
When? At this time, while you have all the opportunities, if you do not do your best to achieve the pure, stainless… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Instead of old spiritual distinctions you have new spiritual distinctions, instead of old worships you have new worships. You are all depending… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“We are only able to disrespect, mistreat, and harm one another when we forget that the other person is us; when we… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“We’ (the enlightened one) do not have buddhi (intellect). ‘We’ too would become emotional, if We had intellect. ‘We’ are abuddha (one… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“It is my sincere desire that my research and hard work will help create a world where we all learn to walk… — Alexei Maxim Russell Copy Share Image
![“Ah Buddha, you boastful charlatan. You may have learned nothing after 6 years of suffering, but then what of 7 years? What of 17? What might you have learned from a lifetime of pain? [...] From what I can tell, the wisest man in all these scriptures was the first person Buddha ever tried to teach…” quote by Mark X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e70/mark-x-50046_ajivika_ah-buddha-you-boastful-charlatan-you-may_3203888.jpg)
![“the Mahayanist's aim of life is to bring out man's inborn light of Buddha-nature to illumine the world, to realize the universal brotherhood of all sentient beings, to attain to Enlightenment, and to enjoy peace and joy to which Universal Spirit leads us. [FN#177]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/389/kaiten-nukariya-793_buddhism_the-mahayanist-s-aim-of-life-is-to-bring_2450945.jpg)
![“Nirvana," says Kiai Hwan,[FN#276] "means the extinction of pain or the crossing over of the sea of life and death. It denotes the real permanent state of spiritual attainment. It does not signify destruction or annihilation. It denotes the belief in the great root of life and spirit." It is…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5e8/kaiten-nukariya-793_life_nirvana-says-kiai-hwan-fn-276-means-the_1135340.jpg)
![“No claims were made by him [Buddha] to any unalterable truth, nor did he demand that his teachings should simply be accepted, taken on trust or acquired through an act of faith. Instead he [Buddha] encouraged those who wished to make the spiritual journey he himself had undertaken to experiment…” quote by Durden Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/194/durden-smith-234147_buddhism_no-claims-were-made-by-him-buddha-to-any_1794786.jpg)
