Buddhist Quotes

822 quotes by 226 authors

Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter. — Longchenpa
One torch can dissipate the accumulated darkness of a thousand aeons. — Tilopa
Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing to… — Philip Kapleau
Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is… — Philip Kapleau
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because if cows, pigs,… — Philip Kapleau
The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our affinity with all… — Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature. — Sogyal Rinpoche
If you want to be wisely selfish, care for others — Dalai Lama
If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it? — Dogen
By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind. — Huineng
In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing… — Nhat Hanh
Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion I have forgotten all difference between myself and others — Milarepa
Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself… — Dalai Lama
What the warrior renounces is anything in his experience that is a barrier between himself and others. In other words, renunciation is making yourself more… — Chogyam Trungpa
If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing in nothing, believing… — Shunryu Suzuki
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues the earnest saint. It… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
In horror of death, I took to the mountains - again and again I meditated on the uncertainty of the hour of death, capturing the… — Milarepa
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no… — Chogyam Trungpa
Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but its narrowness and smallness. Desire… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The way of cowardice is to embed ourselves in a cocoon, in which we perpetuate our habitual patterns. When we are constantly recreating our basic… — Chogyam Trungpa

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