1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

You are just as connected to the Universe as a finger is to a hand, or as a branch is to a tree. The entire cosmos is expressing itself through your being.

We cannot learn if we are stuck in our mind’s conditioned way of thinking. We must be open to discovering the Truth, whatever it may turn out to be. This requires a state of openness, curiosity, and sincerity, a state of pure awareness, a state of observing reality without jumping to conclusions about what reality is. This state of direct experience is known in Zen as “beginner’s mind,” and it is essential to embody this state when we want to understand our experience.

Equanimity can be hard to talk about.

Universe can be imagined as a huge residential building. The view is different from different floors and apartments.Humanity is just one floor. A belief system is just one apartment on this floor. Free yourself from self-imposed limits. Whole building is yours!

The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.

Our senses are often the gateway to our stories.

As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame it.

Until we begin to question our basic assumptions about ourselves and view them as fluid, not fixed, it’s easy to repeat established patterns and, out of habit, reenact old stories that limit our ability to live and love ourselves with an open heart.

Living in a story of a limited self—to any degree—is not love.