Buddha Quotes

409 Buddha quotes by 201 unique authors

First become a Zorba, a flower of this earth, and earn the capacity through it to become a Buddha - the flower of the other… — Rajneesh
It was clear: I was sick. I never used to dream. They say in the old days it was the most normal thing in the… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
Shape I may take, converse I may, but neither god nor Buddha am I, rather an insensate being whose heart thus differs from that of… — Ueda Akinari
Don't quote the Buddha. Be the Buddha. — Eckhart Tolle
Once an old woman came to Buddha and asked him how to meditate. He told her to remain aware of every movement of her hands… — Sogyal Rinpoche
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 Buddhaâ€™s dharma didnâ€™t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakeningâ€”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

Who Wrote These Buddha Quotes

201 authors contributed a total of 409 Buddha Quotes, led by these top contributors: