1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

One of the key inspirational prayers that Buddhists make on a daily basis is: 'May anyone who comes into contact with me, whether they hear about me or they see me or they think about me, experience a benefit and happiness.

He knows he only has the choice of going crazy or going inside and finding his own mind, which is what Buddhism is all about. Buddhism maintains that one's reality is part of one's own mindset, and that through discovering your own mind, even in the direst situations you can make your world a pure realm.

- Kaip įdomu! Šįryt šventykloje matėme naujokus, besivaržančius dėl vietų gyventi vienuolyne. Norinčiųjų daug, o vietų nepakanka. Bet į kalėjimą niekas nenori, nors ten sąlygos lengvesnės negu vienuolyne. Ir tai įrodo, jog mes jaučiamės laimingi ar nelaimingi ne dėl pačių sąlygų, o kaip į jas žiūrime.

IF YOU HAVEE EXPERIENCED HUNGER, YOU KNOW THAT HAVING FOOD IS A MIRACLE. IF YOU HAVE SUFFERED FROM THE COLD, YOU KNOW THE PRECIOUSNESS OF WARMTH. WHEN YOU HAVE SUFFERED, YOU KNOW HOW TO APPRECIATE THE ELEMENTS OF PARADISE THAT ARE PRESENT

The Buddha said many times. "My teaching is like a finger pointing to the moon. Do not mistake the finger for the Moon

It is not impermamence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permament when they are not.

[The Buddha said]: Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord with your belief, nor because it is the saying of your teacher. Be lamps unto yourselves.

There is a whole swathe of nervous German professors who fear something like a Buddhist inundation and a decline of the intellectual West. Rest assured, the West will not collapse and Europe will never become a Buddhist empire. Anyone who reads the Buddha's speeches and converts to Buddhism as a result may well have thereby found some kind of solace for himself - yet in place of the path that the Buddha might show us, all that person has opted for is an emergency exit.

Buddhism are very inbuilt with the Mahabharat Family States.