Change things Quote by Tenzin Palmo

There is a basic problem that a lot of Western monks and nuns become ordained without really understanding or appreciating what the monastic life…

— Tenzin Palmo

The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame and recognition,…

— Nhat Hanh

Indian monks were the first to choose the garden as the proper setting for their lives, which were devoted to the contemplation of the…

— Marie-Luise Gothein

There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be…

— Gautama Buddha

I remember there was this one lady shaman who said that having children puts a hole in your soul. And the only way to…

— Larkin Grimm

What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them?

— Voltaire

All is lost. Monks, monks, monks!

— Henry VIII of England

Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the…

— Bai Juyi

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

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

— Antony Gormley

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

— Dogen

Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness and self-possession,…

— Gautama Buddha