Buddhist Quotes

822 quotes by 218 authors

I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects — Duncan Sheik
Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration — Duncan Sheik
Dreams are a reservoir of knowledge and experience yet they are often overlooked as a vehicle for exploring reality. In the dream state our bodies… — Stephen LaBerge
Meditation helps me feel the shape, the texture of my inner life. Here, in the quiet, I can begin to taste what Buddhists would call… — Wayne Muller
Whenever anyone, Buddhist or not, sees a Temple or an image of Buddha they receive blessings. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
According to Buddhist psychology most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent. — Dalai Lama
Imagine a multidimensiona l spider's web in the early morning covered with dew drops. And every dew drop contains the reflection of all the other… — Alan Watts
Man must have results, real results, in his inner and outer life. I do not mean the results which modern people strive after in their… — Jacob Needleman
Dharma is not about credentials. It's not about how many practices you've done, or how peaceful you can make your mind. It's not about being… — Reginald Ray
Many Buddhist teachers have described compassion as the ability to react freely and accurately in any situation. Being nice or feeling sorry for someone may… — Issan Dorsey
Have big dreams but focus only on what you can control: your own thoughts, words and actions. This was Gandhi's way ... in the words… — Eboo Patel
Although you can find certain differences among the Buddhist philosophical schools about how the universe came into being, the basic common question addressed is how… — Dalai Lama
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with an… — Pema Chodron
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden. — Chuck Close
Celibacy is one of the most unnatural things. It has destroyed so many human beings - millions - Catholic monks, Hindu monks, Buddhist monks, Jaina… — Rajneesh
Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-al ready-are. — Dalai Lama
For ages this idea has been proclaimed in the consummately wise teachings of religion, probably not alone as a means of insuring peace and harmony… — Nikola Tesla
The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one. — Nikola Tesla
NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it. — Ambrose Bierce
Alan Watts, the Buddhist scholar, proposed the existence of a mental faculty he called forgettory, which is the flip side of memory. There are times,… — Larry Dossey

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