Buddha Quote by Daisaku Ikeda

That is the essence and mission of 'rebel buddha': to free us from the illusions we create by ourselves, about ourselves, and from those…

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.

— Gautama Buddha

We are not just humans learning to become buddhas, but also buddhas waking up in human form, learning to become fully human.

— John Welwood

You are all Buddhas. There is nothing you need to achieve. Just open your eyes.

— Gautama Buddha

Become a Buddha? The mind can't do it. The body can't do it. Only what can't become a Buddha becomes a Buddha.

— Ikkyu

“The Buddha likened humans to the lotus flowers. Out of the deluded mud of human existence, filled with greed, hatred, and delusion, in a…

— Noah Levine

To attain Buddhahood ... we must scatter this life's aims and objects to the wind.

— Milarepa

When you realize the nature of mind, layers of confusion peel away. You don't actually "become" a buddha, you simply cease, slowly, to be…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“Eventually, at Buddhahood, you become capable of remaining in the innate”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“To just be--to be--amidst all doings, achievings, and becomings. This is the natural state of mind, or original, most fundamental state of being. This…

— Lama Surya Das

Buddhism is simply a methodology, a way of becoming one with the part of ourselves that is happy.

— Frederick Lenz

“No need for Jesus and the Lord Buddha to fight”

— Carol Hollinger