Buddhism Quote by Dalai Lama XIV Download Open image ““All dharma teachings agree on one point—lessening one’s self-absorption”” — Dalai Lama XIV ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Buddhism Education
“Religion (Dharma) is for any ‘thing’ to come into it’s own inherent nature. You are the Soul. What is ‘One’s Own’ nature? It is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“We carry out our lives assuming ourselves to be something substantial and unchanging, and we become deeply attach[ed] to this assumed self (this attachment is known in Sanskrit as ātma-grāha ). But we attach to more than simply a notion of a self. We also reify the things that we see, hear, and think, into substances, and attach to them… — Tagawa Shun'ei Copy Share
“If one understands [just] the literal meaning, One becomes arrogant and one's mind deteriorates. Through rejecting the excellent teachings, One will be pulverized and… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“TURNING YOUR MIND toward the dharma does not bring security or confirmation. Turning your mind toward the dharma does not bring any ground to… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
The Dharma is a very, very special and precious thing. The more you practice it, the more you will realize this. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Our ultimate dharma is self-realization. Thoughts and actions that support our spiritual evolution are real dharma. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“Dharma is about exchange, about giving and receiving, It is about outgrowing animal instincts, outgrowing fear, discovering the ability to feed others, comfort others,… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
The art of dharma practice requires commitment, technical accomplishment, and imagination. As with all arts, we will fail to realize its full potential if any of these three are lacking. The raw material of dharma practice is ourself and our world, which are to be understood and transformed according to the vision and values of the dharma itself. This is… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share
“The dharma teaches us the impermanence of all phenomena, but you cannot prepare yourself for the loss of the phenomenon you love more than… — John Burdett Copy Share Image
“Dharma practice means physical hardship; it means that you shouldn't be pansies about it. You should exert yourselves wholeheartedly to engage in the practice,… — Ngagpa Yeshe Dorje Copy Share Image
Dharma is in your mind, not in the forest. Don't believe others, just listen to your mind. You don't have to go anywhere else.… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
What can be the dharma at one point in your life can totally reverse itself, and suddenly you might be doing something the opposite… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Transforming the mind involves first learning to know it, then identifying how it functions so as to eliminate the three main mental poisons, which… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“In general, if we carefully examine any given situation in a very unbiased and honest way, we will realize that to a large extent… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training. Through training, we can change; we can transform ourselves. Within Buddhist practice there are various methods of trying to sustain a calm mind when some disturbing event happens. Through repeated practice of these methods we can get to the… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“Live so when your children think of fairness and integrity they think of you.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“It is important to consider others at least as important as ourselves. This is the essence of spirituality.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“I maintain that Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism all hold up love as an ideal, seek to benefit… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Marriages, even the best ones—perhaps especially the best ones—are an ongoing process of spoken and unspoken forgiveness. •” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“You see, if there are no difficulties and you are always relaxed, then you complain more” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The very best players, when they are practicing, put everything they've got into it. But then they leave it for a while. And it's… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Exactly. I think the original tantric Buddhists took notice of was some very wise old people who never studied in their youth, but took part in a range of risk-taking adventures when they were younger, and finally became wise when they reflected upon their lives in old age. There is only one problem.” “Which is?” “Risk-taking is a way to… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share
A human being can only absorb a small amount of the mystical kundalini, you can be exposed again and again to it, but it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One of the things I regret about not putting in that book or I think it's there but I didn't really elaborate on it, is contraception. I came across someone who articulated very clearly that one of the things which makes our approach to Buddhist practice in regards to sex different these days than it was in Buddhist times, is… — Brad Warner Copy Share
My mom and my aunties are really devout Christians. My mom married a Muslim when I was 12, so I got teachings from both… — Tech N9ne Copy Share Image
Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The extraction of discrete parts of Chöd teachings from their broader philosophical contexts is symptomatic of how Chöd has been incorporated into and transmitted through other Tibetan Buddhist lineages. For example [...] Chöd practices gradually merged with pre-existing models of deity yoga, such the Vajrayoginī practices within Nyingma, Kagyü, and Geluk traditions. Fundamental Chöd practices such as those described in… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share
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