Samsara Quotes

31 quotes by 21 authors

Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature. — Sogyal Rinpoche
Rest in natural great peace, this exhausted mind, beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought, like the relentless fury of the pounding waves in the… — Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche
Everything that is thought and expressed in words is one-sided, only half the truth; it all lacks totality, completeness, unity. When the Illustrious Buddha taught… — Hermann Hesse
The charnel ground is that great graveyard in which the complexities of samsara and nirvana lie buried. — Chogyam Trungpa
Once you have the View, although the delusory perceptions of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when a rainbow… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Long is the night for the sleepless. Long is the road for the weary. Long is samsara (the cycle of continued rebirth) for the foolish,… — Gautama Buddha
The Buddha's insight into the middle way is not simply about a balance between extremes. This conventional understanding misses the deeper revelation of the middle… — Adyashanti
We spend all our energy and waste our lives trying to re-create these zones of safety, which are always falling apart. That's the essence of… — Pema Chodron
Faith is like pure eyes that enable us to see a pure and perfect world beyond the suffering world of samsara. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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
The word sacred comes from sacrifice, to cut up. That means that in order to have a sacred journey, you have to give up something,… — Anthony Lawlor
Searching outside of you is Samsara (the world). Searching within you leads to Nirvana. — Amit Ray
Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom is a delusion."… — Swami Vivekananda
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
Hold the sadness and pain of samsara [suffering, confusion] in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern… — Pema Chodron
The willingness to not bypass illusion is very important. We come to nirvana by way of samsara. We come to see the true nature of… — Adyashanti
Being fooled into trying to make things work out for 'me' is called samsara. — Sakyong Mipham
Mental purity will come through constant chanting of the divine name. This is the simplest way. You are trying to cross the ocean of transmigration,… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Death and Light are everywhere, always, and they begin, end, strive, attend, into and upon the Dream of the Nameless that is the world, burning… — Roger Zelazny
The things you see are real, but they are not a complete seeing - Samsara. — Frederick Lenz

Who Wrote These Samsara Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 31 Samsara Quotes as follows: