Buddhist Quotes - Page 16

I know what I gave them; I don't know what they received.

Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.

When we recognize that the seemingly object nature of reality is nothing different than the subject nature of mind, which is rigpa, it is called enlightenment.

If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?

If you think there's an important difference between being a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or a Buddhist, then you're making a division between your heart, what you love with, and the way you act in the world.

Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.

In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all.

Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the religion which Chance has given you has contributed to your peace of mind (and often, as Western medical science now reluctantly admits, to your physical well-being). Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But it is the best of all to be sane and happy. Whether our descendants can achieve that goal will be the greatest challenge of the future. Indeed, it may well decide whether we have any future.

All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

If you know the psychological nature of your own mind, depression is spontaneously dispelled; instead of being enemies and strangers, all living beings become your friends. The narrow mind rejects; wisdom accepts. Check your own mind to see whether or not this is true.

When I ask people to contemplate selflessness, the sometimes react as if I've asked them to put their house on the market or give away all their money. If there was a self that existed in the way we think, discovering selflessness would be like putting our house on the market. But in the Buddhist tradition, the discovery of selflessness is called "completely joyful." It's not called "the raw end of the deal," or "I'd rather go back to bed," or "This is scary and depressing."

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.

Suffering is universal. it’s the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.

A wise man once told me- he’s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a fanatic of his own religion. He has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Christian or a Buddhist or Hindu than he does with a fanatic of his own religion. In fact, he has more in common with a ration, reasonable-minded atheist than he does with a fanatic of his own religion

One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace.

If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.

It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.

When action comes out of nothing it creates no karma.

Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth.

Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. Then as you stand or walk, Sit or lie down, As long as you are awake, Strive for this with a one-pointed mind; Your life will bring heaven to earth.