Buddhism Quote by Frederick Lenz

The Buddha taught three cycles of teachings. His first cycle of teachings cover the basics, the prerequisites. This would include the Dharmapada.

— Frederick Lenz

Some of the first human beings in whom the new consciousness emerged fully became the great teachers of humanity, such as Buddha, Lao Tzu,…

— Eckhart Tolle

“the Buddha, aged seventy-two, thought it was high time to preach his long-cherished doctrine that all sentient beings can attain to Supreme Enlightenment;”

— Kaiten Nukariya

Buddha is said to have given a "silent sermon" once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it. After a while,…

— Eckhart Tolle

When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did it.

— Shunryu Suzuki

“The Buddha achieved enlightenment as he sat under the spreading limbs of the Bodhi tree, breathing in and out in silence, as does a…

— Nalini M. Nadkarni

“The Buddha encouraged his followers to never accept what was put to them as truth by anyone else without scrutiny or skepticism. He also…

— David Carlyle

The Buddha would never speak about enlightenment. The way he taught people about enlightenment was they meditated with him. He exposed them to countless…

— Frederick Lenz

The Buddha shared his teachings so that everyone, without exception, could reach the same supreme state of liberation that he had attained through practice…

— Shinjo Ito

A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha , Jesus , Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said the Master,…

— Anthony de Mello

“First-century discipleship was expressed as a servant-master relationship (see Matthew 10:24). Once accepted as a disciple, a young man started as a talmidh, or…

— Bill Hull

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path…

— Bell Hooks