Buddhist Quotes

822 quotes by 218 authors

All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things. — Akkineni Nagarjuna
If we are not empty, we become a block of matter. We cannot breathe, we cannot think. To be empty means to be alive, to… — Nhat Hanh
Through your love for each other, through learning the art of making one person happy, you learn to express your love for the whole of… — Nhat Hanh
If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. When a child presents himself to you with his smile, if… — Nhat Hanh
Reconciliation is to understand both sides; to go to one side and describe the suffering being endured by the other side, and then go to… — Nhat Hanh
If you know the psychological nature of your own mind, depression is spontaneously dispelled; instead of being enemies and strangers, all living beings become your… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
It is great that even before we become enlightened or generate any lam-rim realizations we are able to offer incredible benefit to others. The person… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
When it is impossible for anger to arise within you, you find no outside enemies anywhere. An outside enemy exists only if there is anger… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
When there is hallucination, there is the truth, by recognising it as hallucination. Where there is suffering, there is peace and bliss, by letting go… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
A sick body with a good heart is more beneficial to future lives than a fit, healthy body that is used for self-cherishing. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
If one does not remember death, one does not remember Dharma. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
When? At this time, while you have all the opportunities, if you do not do your best to achieve the pure, stainless path to enlightenment… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Whenever you hear that someone else has been successful, rejoice. Always practice rejoicing for others-whether your friend or your enemy. If you cannot practice rejoicing,… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
A friend of mine told me a bunch of stuff on Buddhism and about Avicii being the lowest level of Buddhist hell, and it just… — Avicii
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced. — Sam Harris
If there were a bunch of Buddhist or Hindus or Roman Catholics carrying out grotesque acts of international terror, I would expect to see their… — Monica Crowley
There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist… — Dalai Lama
I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less. — Dalai Lama
I started the Stress Reduction Clinic in 1979. The idea of bringing Buddhist meditation without the Buddhism into the mainstream of medicine was tantamount to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn

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