Character Quote by Nhat Hanh

“The Buddha asks us to stop drifting thoughtlessly through our lives and instead to pay careful attention to simple truths that are everywhere available…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Do not gossip about monks and speak ill of spiritual teachers”

— Shri Radhe Maa

Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The teaching of the buddhas is: Find time and a place to remain unoccupied. That's what meditation is all about. Find at least one…

— Rajneesh

“In Buddha’s opinion, to train in staying open and curious—to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs—is the best use of our human lives.”

— Pema Chödrön

“A buddha is an idle person. He doesn't run around after fortune and fame.”

— Bodhidharma

One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realising this a monk should take no pleasure in the respect of others, but…

— Gautama Buddha

Monks transgress the Laws of the Buddha, stir up the common people, store wealth and weapons, and spread rumors; under the guise of religion,…

— Eiji Yoshikawa

I see Lord Buddha in the 21st Century across national borders, across faith systems, across political ideologies, playing the role of a bridge to…

— Narendra Modi

“relying on our inner experience, which is the only direct way of knowing Buddha, we conceive Him as a Being with profound wisdom and…

— Kaiten Nukariya

But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a…

— Bodhidharma

“The Buddha taught that most problems - if only you give them enough time and space - will eventually wear themselves out.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert