Awakening Quote by Jay Michaelson

I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.

— Martin Scorsese

When you think of Buddhism, you're likely to think of peace and tranquility.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

“The Buddha didn’t set out to found a religion or to convert people to a belief – he simply taught a system of ethics,…

— Anonymous

“The teaching of the Buddha is called the Dhamma. He did not teach Buddhism, any more than Jesus taught Christianity. The one wanted to…

— Ayya Khema

“The teaching of the Buddha is called the Dhamma. He did not teach Buddhism, any more than Jesus taught Christianity.”

— Ayya Khema

It can be helpful to remember that the enlightened mind and the ordinary mind are two sides of the same coin. The mind is…

— Tulku Thondup

“Buddha is sometimes called the ‘Awakened One’ because he has awakened from the ‘sleep’ of ignorance.”

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

“Mindfulness, the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience, is at the heart of what the Buddha taught.”

— Sylvia Boorstein

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

— S. N. Goenka

“May I quickly attain complete enlightenment, and having attained the state of a buddha, may I guide all sentient beings to liberation and the…

— Tulku Urgyen

“you can attain to highest bliss through your conscious union with Buddha. Nothing can disturb your peace, when you can enjoy peace in the…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“According to the Buddhist tradition, the spiritual path is the process of cutting through our confusion, of uncovering the awakened state of mind. When…

— Chögyam Trungpa