1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

Love and hate are two forms of the same energy. As soon as you close the outlet of love for someone, the outlet of hate opens up. Both outlets have to be closed if you don't want to deplete your energy on someone.

Some of those whose existence you wish could end now do not even know about your existence.

It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born-and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.

Sorry. But I won't let your bullshit ruin my zen.

When we are aware of our weaknesses or negative tendencies, we open the opportunity to work on them.

Do what helps others. Refrain from harming others. Transcend your own ignorance, clinging, hate, fear and delusion. This and only this is the dispensation of all the Buddhas.

Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

But as we let go of our repetitive stories and fixed ideas about ourselves--particularly deep-seated feelings of "I'm not okay"--the armor starts to fall apart, and we open into the spaciousness of our true nature, into who we really are beyond the transitory thoughts and emotions. We see that our armor is made up of nothing more than habits and fears, and we begin to feel that we can let those go.