1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

Greed kills us all.

Question everything, even the question mark, that shepherd's crook floating in the air above that small round rockIf you - stubbornly - still wish to be unhappy,maybe you can grasp it.

... "The world is afflicted with death and decay, therefore the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world," says an old Buddhist teaching. In other words: Get used to it.

Buddhism is a religion of the heart. Only this. One who practices to develop the heart is one who practices Buddhism [...] Use your heart to listen to the Teachings, not your ears.

There's a limit to my patience with anything that smacks of metaphysics. I squirm at the mention of "mind expansion" or "warm healing energy." I don't like drum circles, public nudity or strangers touching my feet.

Your inner self is complete in itself. It doesn't require anything and yet everything is available to it.

Seeker doesn't find the truth; The truth finds the seeker. A seeker tries to push the door of truth. He beats it, kicks it but it doesn't open. He tries to pull it but there is no handle to pull. Then he waits and waits. Finally the truth opens the door from the other side. Finally the seeker meets his true self which lives on the 'other side'.

Kundalini means, according to Zeena ‘She Who is Hidden,’ and points to the dormant goddess in every human being’s body. While the kundalini force is found in muladharachakra, she hypnotizes humans, like maya herself, and renders them slaves to the illusory. Kundalini can only awaken people if she travels up along the spine.'--About Zeena Schreck by Malin Fitger 'Contemporary notions of Kundalini, its background and role within new Western religiosity,' University of Stockholm, 2004

The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally have clarity.