Being human Quote by Norm Phelps

The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

— Dalai Lama

Buddhism’s cardinal ethical principle is to avoid causing harm.

— Gil Fronsdal

“Strive to engage in activities that require constant self-development. Nurture and develop the physical body, but also our spiritual nature. We exist for a…

— Janet M. Tavakoli

To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.

— Gautama Buddha

“The Buddha says that pain or suffering arises through desire or craving and that to be free of pain we need to cut the…

— Eckhart Tolle

The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe that things…

— Pema Chodron

“Buddha taught that we should not merely not be evil, but that we should be positively good.”

— Henry Steel Olcott

“As long as we're in a state of confusion, overwhelmed by the three conflicting emotions, trapped in cyclic existence, we're not happy and we…

— Ngagpa Yeshe Dorje

“Motivated by compassion for all sentient beings, Buddha Shakyamuni observed all these problems, and he reflected on the nature of his own existence. He…

— Dalai Lama XIV

Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every…

— Tiger Woods

“retreat, with nothing to look forward to, nowhere to be, nothing to do, we are forced to confront the “wound of existence” head-on, to…

— Dan Harris

“This is the nonduality principle of Buddhism: there is nothing to throw away. If a person has never suffered, he or she will never…

— Thích Nhất Hạnh