Buddha Quotes
409 Buddha quotes by 201 unique authors
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Built on the foundation of concentration is the third aspect of the Buddha’s path of awakening: clarity of vision and the development of wisdom.
— Jack Kornfield
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To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to…
— Dogen
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There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward…
— Dogen
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The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.
— Dogen
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Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be just as good if you…
— Seungsahn
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The idea of buddha mind is not purely a concept or a theoretical, metaphysical idea. It is something extremely real that we can experience ourselves.…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha.
— Tara Brach
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A mantra is like meeting the Buddha or Bodhisattva himself.
— Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
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Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha’s buddha nature.
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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My beliefs are that the truth is a truth until you organize it, and then it becomes a lie. I don't think that Jesus was…
— Wayne Dyer
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People always snap and think they're Jesus. How come no one ever snaps and thinks they're Buddha?
— Bill Hicks
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How come people always flip and think they're Jesus? Why not Buddha? Particularly in America, where more people resemble Buddha than Jesus. 'Ah'm BUDDHA!' 'You're…
— Bill Hicks
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Inside we are all Golden Buddha's, but we grew to believe we were made of clay. Our ego's false perceptions led us to grow into…
— Gabrielle Bernstein
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If the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land. There are…
— Nichiren
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It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community…
— Nhat Hanh
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The quest for this unwearied peace is constant and universal. Probe deeply into the teaching of Buddha, Maimonides, or a Kempis, and you will discover…
— Joshua L. Liebman
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One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as perfect patterns for…
— Sophia Lyon Fahs
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Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has a remarkable ability to present the wisdom of the Buddha's teachings in a manner that is as fresh and accessible as…
— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, great as each may be, their highest comfort given to the sorrowful is a cordial introduction into another's woe. Sorrow's the great…
— Sean O'Casey
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.…
— Ajahn Chah
Who Wrote These Buddha Quotes
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