Buddha Quotes

409 Buddha quotes by 201 unique authors

Buddha was not a Christian, but Jesus would have made a good Buddhist. — Ray Wylie Hubbard
Never invest so much in anyone romantically that you lose your head. The Buddha of casual sex, I remain detached at all costs. — Edward Vilga
The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening. — Jay Michaelson
To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind that lie for long patiently under the fallen snow, comes the season of breezy spring. No sooner… — Kobayashi Issa
The blessings of stupas are such that they benefit all beings, regardless of their connection and motivation. If one participates in a stupa's construction and… — Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe. — Dalai Lama
The perfect human being is uninteresting-the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable. — Joseph Campbell
I like Muhammad a lot, because he's like us more than anybody else. Jesus is just so exalted, and Buddha is just so exalted, it's… — Deepak Chopra
If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance. — Shunryu Suzuki
I couldn't have asked for a better kid. She's our own little Buddha baby so far. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop to… — Ana Ortiz
Whether it's a fully enlightened Christ or Buddha, or just a more aware Martin Luther King, Kennedy or Gandhi, what did they do with them… — Frederick Lenz
Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man,… — Gautama Buddha
Sri Krishna's message is the message of anyone who comes from far away. His message is the same as Buddha, Lao Tsu, Bodhidharma, Milarepa, Padmasambhava. — Frederick Lenz
And then he says, "The writer must be true to truth." And that's a killer, because the only way you can describe a human being… — Joseph Campbell
The Buddha taught that suffering is the extra pain in the mind that happens when we feel an anguished imperative to have things be different… — Sylvia Boorstein
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things… — Dogen
Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
It is always advisable to obtain a mantra from a self-realized master. Until then we may use one of the mantras of our beloved deity… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Buddha, much like everyone else has good and bad days. — Todd Barry
Buddha nature is not something that we possess, nor is it something we can be. It is the nature of things, just as they are.… — Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
The perpetuators of the Buddha dharma have a moral responsibility to the rest of humanity to be at the forefront of the change away from… — Bodo Balsys
But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha… — Bodhidharma
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings. — Bodhidharma
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either. — Bodhidharma
. . . the fools of this world prefer to look for sages far away. They don't believe that the wisdom of their own mind… — Bodhidharma

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