1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

Knowing ownself is better than to knowing others.

Enlightenment does not mean getting rid of anything. It means changing one's frame of reference so that all things become enlightening.

what is not true does not exist in this moment.

Without hope, Chöd practitioners are freed from the limits of hope and fear; having cut the ropes of grasping, definitely enlightened, where does one go?

The true tragedy in most people’s lives is that they are far better than they imagine themselves to be and, as a result, end up being much less than they might be.

Retreating from the world will not liberate you. Happiness is not found in a secluded forest hut or an isolated cave. Enlightenment comes when you connect to the world. Only when you truly connect with everyone and everything else do you become enlightened. Only by going deeply and fully into the world do you attain liberation.

The Buddha’s principal message that day was that holding on to anything blocks wisdom. Any conclusion that we draw must be let go. The only way to fully understand the bodhichitta teachings, the only way to practice them fully, is to abide in the unconditional openness of the prajna, patiently cutting through all our tendencies to hang on.

Can you allow yourself to be impaled on the present moment?

Maybe it’s something which can’t be defined,” Enso Roshi says. “Maybe it’s a question, to be lived.