Bodhisattva Quote by Hsing Yun

The idea of the Bodhisattva is the one who out of his realization of transcendence participates in the world. The imitation of Christ is…

— Joseph Campbell

Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I,…

— Gautama Buddha

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A pessimistic attitude…

— Nhat Hanh

So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by…

— Alan Watts

Even fear itself is frightened by the bodhisattva's fearlessness.

— Chogyam Trungpa

A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer…

— Nhat Hanh

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene…

— Buddha

“If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not…

— Anonymous

“The Holy Teachings of Vimalakīrti (expertly translated into English by Robert Thurman). In that scripture, the Buddha states that the buddha-fields in which the…

— Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use…

— Edgar Ramirez

The true bodhisattva spirit grows out of this personal sense of freedom. You discover that you don't feel so needy anymore. You don't crave…

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

“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