Buddhist Quotes And Sayings – Feel The Essence Of Buddhism

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“From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low ideas of idolatry with its multifarious mythology, the agnosticism of the Buddhists and the atheism of the Jains, each and all have a place in the Hindu’s religion.”
– Swami Vivekananda

“Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.”
– Tara Brach

“This is the wheel, the wheel of doctrine, and it symbolizes Buddhist teachings. The prayer wheel is all about harmony, loving kindness and peace.”
– Tenzin Dhonden

“Some consider me as a living Buddha. That’s nonsense. That’s silly. That’s wrong. If they consider me a simple Buddhist monk, however, that’s probably okay.”
– Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama

“To combat hatred directed toward a person, a Buddhist cultivates loving kindness toward that person.”
– Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama

“Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“It is my conviction that there is no way to peace – peace is the way.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“Many people think excitement is happiness…. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is simply not to allow yourself to get lost in regrets about the past or worries about the future. If you are firmly grounded in the present moment, the past can be an object of inquiry, the object of your mindfulness and concentration. you can attain many insights by looking into the past. But you are still grounded in the present moment.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we learn nothing.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“I’d want my own children to choose what they feel comfortable with. I feel I could marry a Christian or a Buddhist because I believe love comes first.”
– Tim Campbell

“He led quite a great life, … He was an Old Testament figure railing against the establishment — a Jewish guy from New York who became a Buddhist, a poet, a musician.”
– Tom Hayden

“The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing left to want. I think that what the Buddha may have been trying to tell us is that we have it all, each of us, all the time; therefore, desire is simply unnecessary.”
– Tom Robbins

“I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.”
– Uma Thurman

“When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it’s more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don’t practice or preach it, however.”
– Uma Thurman

“There are a lot of similarities between Buddhist teachings and good management practices.”
– Wang Fanghua

“People who are diagnosed as having “generalized anxiety disorder” are afflicted by three major problems that many of us experience to a lesser extent from time to time. First and foremost, says Rapgay, the natural human inclination to focus on threats and bad news is strongly amplified in them, so that even significant positive events get suppressed. An inflexible mentality and tendency toward excessive verbalizing make therapeutic intervention a further challenge.”
– Winifred Gallagher

“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.”
– Yamamoto Tsunetomo

“It is desirable for Buddhist affairs to help civilian rule.”
– Ye Xiaowen

“Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships.”
– Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

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