Buddhism Quote by Steve Hagen

Socrates pointed out that we carry on as though death were the greatest of all calamities-yet, for all we know, it might be the…

— Steve Hagen

“Buddhism is not a belief system. It’s not about accepting certain tenets or believing a set of claims or principles. In fact, it’s quite…

— Steve Hagen

And here we are with our improved human world that we've spent a great deal of time and energy working on. We've improved the…

— Steve Hagen

“Normally, a view of the world is nothing more than a set of beliefs, a way to freeze the world in our minds. But…

— Steve Hagen

“This will never come again”

— Steve Hagen

What makes human life--which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never…

— Steve Hagen

“One day, soon after the Buddha’s enlightenment, a man saw the Buddha walking toward him. The man had not heard of the Buddha, but…

— Steve Hagen

True freedom doesn't lie in the maximization of choice, but, ironically, is most easily found in a life where there is little choice.

— Steve Hagen

“See confusion as confusion. Acknowledge suffering as suffering. Feel pain and sorrow and divisiveness. Experience anger or fear or shock for what they are.…

— Steve Hagen

“If you point out the moon to a cat, she probably won’t look at the sky; she’ll come up and sniff your finger.”

— Steve Hagen

“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions. Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to what we…

— Steve Hagen

Nothing holds us back but our thoughts.

— Steve Hagen