1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the creation of life by God may be astonished at this reply. But if you were to ask him 'What is the beginning of God?' he would answer without hesitation 'God has no beginning', and he is not astonished at his own reply.

When true surrender happens (through supreme knowledge or devotion), you become brush in the hands of the supreme painter, and He turns your mistakes into masterpieces.

We have the assurance of the enlightened beings that reality is goodness, that reality is freedom from suffering, that reality is bliss. So we should never fear to open ourselves to reality, to cast aside our preconceptions and biases, and to open more and more to whatever turns out to be real. You can have faith in enlightenment, faith in evolutionary potential, faith in infinity, faith in your infinite self. (p. 222)

This body is fragile. It is just flesh. Listen to the heartbeat. Life depends on the pumping of a muscle.

A devotee reached at the door of God with nothing but a bowl full of pain and problems. She stood there holding that bowl for days with just one thought in mind. “Take away my pain, God.”Then the realization hit her: Nothing is mine so how could the bowl of pain be mine? She dropped the bowl. With that, her whole identity dropped into nothingness. What emerged out of nothingness was a new version of her, free of pain and full of bliss.

Bliss and suffering, it seems, always go hand in hand.

Faith has the power to turn A into B. But there is an important step involved: First A vanishes into nothingness and then B emerges out of it. This step requires you to be free of all worldly knowledge, which is nothing but opinions of human race.

The supreme power is playing hide and seek with you. You can’t find Him if you don’t try.And you can’t find Him merely by trying. When you try and get fully exhausted, He Himself will come out of hiding.

If you’re not yet ready to have children, getting pregnant can be your worst nightmare. Because having a baby will change you forever.Similarly, it may be scary to get a glimpse of the supreme power if you’re not yet ready for it. Because it will change you forever. You will lose yourself and a new you will emerge.