Dharma Quotes

156 Dharma quotes by 66 unique authors

The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.'… — Gautama Buddha
A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts. — Gautama Buddha
If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and what is wrong.… — Gautama Buddha
Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. Better… — Gautama Buddha
Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that Dharma… — Gautama Buddha
See karma, make dharma — Unknown Author
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor are they able… — John Daido Loori
Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions. — Dogen
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated enlightenment.… — Dogen
Inside the treasury of the dharma eye a single grain of dust. — Dogen
Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves The stages of… — Erwin Schrodinger
Hinduism ... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up… — Sri Aurobindo
When our mind works freely without any hindrance, and is at liberty to 'come' or to 'go', we attain Samadhi of Prajna, or liberation. Such… — Huineng
The purpose of dharma is to help your mind to expand, to grow, to clarify. It should uphold us and create an inner sense of… — Tenzin Palmo
A monk is holy and great until he starts teaching you the real Dharma — Tsem Tulku
To think that practice and realization are not one is a heretical view. In the Buddha Dharma, practice and realization are identical. Because one's present… — Unknown Author
For the dharma to become firsthand knowledge-to feel the ‘ouch’ of it-you have to live intimately with it, hold it up to scrutiny, and let… — Larry Rosenberg
Followers of the Way [of Chán], if you want to get the kind of understanding that accords with the Dharma, never be misled by others.… — Linji Yixuan
Friends in the Dharma, be satisfied with your own heads. Do not put any false heads above your own. Then, minute after minute, watch your… — Nyogen Senzaki
Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found in the expression… — Taitetsu Unno
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
The Kama Sutra is neither exclusively a sex manual nor, as also commonly used art, a sacred or religious work. It is certainly not a… — Indra Sinha
Buddha also said that the Dharma, like a bird, needs two wings to fly, and that the wing that balances Wisdom is compassion. — Sylvia Boorstein
The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you. — Ajahn Chah
Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've got a good… — Hsu Yun

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