1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

When human women are said to be traps that lead to the downfall of men, Buddhist philosophers and psychologists would insist that it is not women per se that endanger men but rather women as they appear to deluded men.

страдание вызвано желанием — желанием обладать и желанием быть,желание можно преодолеть,желание можно преодолеть, практикуя восьмеричный путь.

Мало стараться изо всех сил, нужно, стараясь изо всех сил, оставаться непривязанным к любым своим устремлениям.

I was more concerned with refining my sense of the sheer mysteriousness of life so that it infused each moment of my waking existence, thereby serving as a ground from which to respond more openly and vitally to whatever occurred.

For me, Buddhism is like a living organism. If it is to flourish outside self-enclosed ghettos of believers, it will have to meet the challenge of understanding, interacting with, and adapting to an environment that is strikingly different from those in which it has evolved.

By emphasizing doubt rather than belief, perplexity rather than certainty, and questions rather than answers, Zen practice granted me the freedom to imagine.

Forget self pity, live life! Be the artist of your own life.

We do not understand that we are literally able to live and enjoy life only because of other people and things. If one really understands this truth, he cannot help but become humble and appreciate others.

It is a great mistake to say ”Conquer it,” for we can never conquer nature; we can only harmonize with it.