322 quotes found
“Two thousand and five hundred years ago Lord Buddha announced, By self- exertion we will achieve Nirvana, and then Hinduism announced, By self-mortification and self-exertion we shall achieve the s...”
“There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward all sentient beings, respectful to seniors and k...”
“You see pictures of Buddha and hes sitting, reclining, at peace. The Hindus have their twelve-armed elephant god, who also seems so content but not powerless. But leave it to Christians to have a d...”
“The words of the Buddha offer this truth: Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.”
“Said Buddha to the hot dog vendor, "make me one with everything.”
“In the nembutsu we see and feel the Buddha everywhere and in everything. Life itself becomes the unfolding of Buddha”
“while people go on chatting about a million and one thingsI mostly sit and observe with ascended understandingsas they bring up the topic of death and of a person dyingI listen quietly while often ...”
“Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughtsof resentment are forgotten.”
“Remember my words: Be truthful, be kind to one another, and you will attain peace. We will meet again in another life.”
“No-one can own our Lord Buddha. That would be a foolish claim, but the roads that lead to him, the Way... That is a different matter. They are all filled with toll-gates, like the roads of Japan, a...”
“I took note of the Buddha's teaching that in one sense a supposed enemy is more valuable than a friend, for an enemy teaches you things, such as forbearance, that a friend generally does not.”
“I would like Epicurus and Buddha to become one.”
“Be your own lamp, seek no other refuge but yourself, Let truth be your light." ~Buddha”
“But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.”
“Buddhas also have to be swept away, because the door can become a hindrance if you cling to it.”
“Why say then Buddha never carried gun? he didn't play piano, we do not know of him making pictures either.”
“When the voice of truth rises from the minarets, the Buddha smiles, and the broken chain of history reconnects.”
“Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”
“To live in the realm of Buddha nature means to die as a small being, moment after moment.”
“[Lena Lees describes from trance her experience of Kuan Yin]:I see Kuan Yin. She is like Venus, statuesque and standing in front of a beautiful pink half-shell. Quickly, she walks in front of me, p...”
