First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life and the world. It looks at things objectively (yath?bh?tam). It does not falsely lull you into… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection,… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the creation of life by God… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
As long as you are conscious of yourself, you can never concentrate on anything. — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
It is always a question of knowing and seeing, and not that of believing. The teaching of the Buddha is qualified as ehi-passika, inviting… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
“Human language is too poor to express the real nature of the Absolute Truth or Ultimate Reality which is Nirvana. Language is created and… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
“Here the four elements of solidity, fluidity, heat and motion have no place; the notions of length and breadth, the subtle and the gross,… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
All great work artistic, poetic, intellectual or spiritual is produced at those moments when creators forget themselves altogether and are free from self-consciousness. — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
There is no unmoving mover behind the movement. It is only movement. It is not correct to say that life is moving, but life… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
“What we call life...is the combination of the Five Aggregates, a combination of physical and mental energies. These are constantly changing; they do not… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
“To be attached to one thing (to a certain view) and to look down upon other things (views) as inferior—this the wise men call… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
