Buddha Quotes

409 quotes by 203 authors

The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you… — Pema Chodron
Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That's why Buddhism teaches us to refrain… — Hsuan Hua
Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING directed toward the… — Nhat Hanh
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu,… — Ron Shelton
Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is… — Philip Kapleau
Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself… — Dalai Lama
Happiness is sorrow; sorrow is happiness. There is happiness in difficulty; difficulty in happiness. Even though the ways we feel are different, they are not… — Shunryu Suzuki
The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great… — Miyamoto Musashi
I have come to deal with principles. I have only to preach that God comes again and again, and that He came in India as… — Swami Vivekananda
Religion is not an imitation of Jesus or Mohammed. Even if an imitation is good, it is never genuine. Be not an imitation of Jesus,… — Swami Vivekananda
Meditation is an insight that all goals are false. Meditation is an understanding that desires don't lead anywhere. Seeing that... And this is not a… — Rajneesh
I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute... — Dalai Lama
Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or… — D. H. Lawrence
Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure to a pilgrim,… — Satish Kumar
As long as we observe love for others and respect for their rights and dignity in our daily lives, then whether we are learned or… — Dalai Lama
What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind. — Albert Einstein
Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity to all beings,… — Swami Vivekananda
What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature… — Shinjo Ito
...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . . — Sogyal Rinpoche
It makes no difference whether you worship God, Jehovah, Allah, Mohammed, Buddha, Christ or Krishna- it is still and always one and the same God. — Satyananda Saraswati

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