Buddhism Quote by Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.

— Sogyal Rinpoche

It is possible to renounce everything and attain enlightenment. But most people don't want to renounce; they wish to run away from responsibility and…

— Frederick Lenz

Samsara is the world appearance, the cycle of rebirth, the physically manifest universes and states of mind that you perceive through the medium of…

— Frederick Lenz

“No matter how hard one tries, samadhi (state of inner bliss) cannot be maintained even for a minute, in this worldly life. He is…

— Dada Bhagwan

“The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind…

— George Saunders

You must continue to go back to the beginning, to the foundation, and question the foundation. Even once you‘ve reached Samadhi you must go…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

“Samādhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification.”

— Bhikkhu Bodhi

“You do not have to renounce anything. The path of liberation is not one of acquisition or renunciation at all. Acquisition and renunciation are actually a…

— Dada Bhagwan

Samadhi is the journey from individual to collective consciousness. The steps of Samadhi are the steps towards reaching the collective consciousness. In meditation, the…

— Amit Ray

The Samsara is the movement of life. And you, an individual self, a form, a moment on a wave, are bound.

— Frederick Lenz

Samsara-our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations…

— Dalai Lama

“The Samadhi (state of inner bliss) that prevails amidst mental, physical and external afflictions is the Samadhi (state of inner bliss) of the Soul.”

— Dada Bhagwan