Buddha Nature Quotes
18 quotes by 16 authors
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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
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...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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If we do not control our minds with our Buddha nature, do not practice seriously, are not honest to ourselves and do not examine our…
— Ching Hai
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If you fall into poverty, live that way without grumbling - then your poverty will not burden you. Likewise, if you are rich, live with…
— Philip Kapleau
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All living beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas.
— Gautama Buddha
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You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?
— Shunryu Suzuki
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The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought. That's what we're…
— Pema Chodron
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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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Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha’s buddha nature.
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five clusters,…
— Dogen
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These various forms appear different in shape and size, yet they are of a single essence. . . . The Sixth Patriarch called it "essence…
— Dennis Merzel
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Quoting Dudjom Rinpoche on the buddha-nature: No words can describe it No example can point to it Samsara does not make it worse Nirvana does…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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As human beings we have the same experience of destructive and constructive emotions. We also have a human mind capable of developing wisdom. We all…
— Dalai Lama
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Wordless is not the same of expressionless. All phenomenon of the universe, audible and inaudible, tangible and intangible, sentient and insentient, are the clear and…
— John Daido Loori
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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
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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
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There is no self, yet we all exist. All phenomena are "empty," yet they have Buddha nature.
— Frederick Lenz
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We really have to get going," Sam said. "Can we leave the car here and pick it up later?" The monk said, "Does a dog…
— Christopher Moore
Who Wrote These Buddha Nature Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 18 Buddha Nature Quotes as follows: