Buddhist Quotes And Sayings – Feel The Essence Of Buddhism

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“Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.”
– Dalai Lama XIV

“True change is within; leave the outside as it is.”
– Dalai Lama XIV

“Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one’s mind is the essence of the Buddha‘s teaching.”
– Dalai Lama XIV

“When you dig a well, there’s no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow,” said Buddha.”
– Deepak Chopra

“People were complaining that on the big sites they weren’t finding people that shared their spiritual interests. I find that people, the deeper they are into Buddhism, the more important it is for them to have somebody else who’s interested in it. The people who meditate or go to a Buddhist center tend to place a high premium on finding people who share their spiritual path.”
– Erik Curren

“When I found out about this controversy a lot of doubts arose in my mind. I started thinking, were these Buddhist teachers following their own precepts?”
– Erik Curren

“To me this technical acceptation seems not applicable here, where we have to deal with the simplest moral precepts, and not with psychological niceties of Buddhist philosophy.”
– Friedrich Max Muller

“When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own.”
– Gary Snyder

“We’d rather have faithful Jews, Baptists or Buddhists than some of the Catholics who nearly run you over in the parking lot after Mass.”
– George Patterson

“Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called ‘peacekeeping forces’ into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be opposed from the outside with guns. Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.”
– Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

“I don’t know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I’m some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.”
– Henri Matisse

“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.”
– Hermann Hesse

“The type of Buddhist practices that I talk about in ‘The Art of Happiness’ have to do with reconditioning one’s way of thinking and one’s outlook, and one’s perception and how one relates to people, … That type of thing, any Westerner can practice at any time.”
– Howard Cutler

“Not till your thoughts cease all their branching here and there, not till you abandon all thoughts of seeking for something, not till your mind is motionless as wood or stone, will you be on the right road to the Gate.”
– Huang Po

“Buddhists and Taoists of the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan share the same roots and instructions and have always maintained sound exchanges.”
– Jia Qinglin

“The new facility will be closer to the aesthetics of a typical Buddhist Temple.”
– Jim Morgan

“Of course, even when you see the world as a trap and posit a fundamental separation between liberation of self and transformation of society, you can still feel a compassionate impulse to help its suffering beings. In that case you tend to view the personal and the political in a sequential fashion. I’ll get enlightened first, and then I’ll engage in social action.” Those who are not engaged in spiritual pursuits put it differently: “I’ll get my head straight first, I’ll get psychoanalyzed, I’ll overcome my inhibitions or neuroses or my hang-ups (whatever description you give to samsara) and then I’ll wade into the fray.” Presupposing that world and self are essentially separate, they imagine they can heal one before healing the other. This stance conveys the impression that human consciousness inhabits some haven, or locker-room, independent of the collective situation — and then trots onto the playing field when it is geared up and ready.”
– Joanna Macy

“The thought manifests the word; The word manifests the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let them spring forth from love. Born out of compassion for all beings. As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become.”
– Juan Mascaro

“The recognition of the law of the cause and effect, also known as karma, is a fundamental key to understand how you’ve created your world, with actions of your body, speech and mind. When you truly understand karma, then you realize you are responsible for everything in your life. It is incredibly empowering to know that your future is in your hands.”
– Keanu Reeves

“Living in a world such as this is like dancing on a live volcano.”
– Kentetsu Takamori

“Since living is believing, no one can be completely lacking in faith.”
– Kentetsu Takamori

“What each of us believes in is up to us, but life is impossible without believing in something.”
– Kentetsu Takamori

“O snail. Climb Mount Fuji. But slowly, slowly!”
– Kobayashi Issa

“Where there are humans, You’ll find flies, And Buddhas.”
– Kobayashi Issa

“It is ironic that Mr. Berger learned of this espionage in exactly the same month that Mr. Gore was attending his now famous fund-raiser with Buddhist nuns in Southern California.”
– Lamar Alexander

“You tell me to stand still, but I am not walking,” he shouted, “whereas you who are walking say you are still. How is it that you are standing still but I am not?”
– Majjhimanikaya

“I don’t know what religious people do. I kind of wished I’d been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma.”
– Marcia Wallace

“1. Accept everything just the way it is.”
– Miyamoto Musashi

“2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.”
– Miyamoto Musashi

“3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling.”
– Miyamoto Musashi

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