Fingers Quote by Sogyal Rinpoche

Imagine the wisdom to be passed down from the classical Buddhist texts.

— Russell Brand

Become a Buddha? The mind can't do it. The body can't do it. Only what can't become a Buddha becomes a Buddha.

— Ikkyu

It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist.

— Jack Kornfield

Whether a Buddha comes into the world or not, the nature of things is still the nature of things. The Buddha is someone who…

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.

— Dogen

The one and only thing required is to free oneself from the bondage of mind and body alike, putting the Buddha's own seal upon…

— Dogen

It is often said that the Buddha's teaching is only a raft to help you cross the river, a finger pointing to the moon.…

— Nhat Hanh

Once an old woman came to Buddha and asked him how to meditate. He told her to remain aware of every movement of her…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“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

Buddhism is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no human life or experience is to be wasted…

— Taitetsu Unno

I'm no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment

— Bjork

Well it's always been an interesting area for me. In referencing something I just reread from Dogen it says, "Enlightenment doesn't break the person…

— Brad Warner