1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

My intention is not to define a perfect life and then cause an unhappy analysis of what you are not doing correctly or are incapable of doing.

Like everyone on the planet, one identifies and looks toward a vision of improvement or refinement, but/and one has to find a way to engage both of those—what is so, and what can be—with an appropriate harmony that is itself the hallmark of wholeness. In essence, we are looking to create a harmony between the existing elements, not a more severe dichotomy between what we want and what we should be doing.

If you are “playing” too much or “working” too much, you will have a reaction on the other side, which indicates your pace is off, too slow or too fast.

This pace and rhythm I speak of is constantly adjusting through discernment and sensitivity to all aspects of our life and being. As you notice more joy and resolution in your life through the movement toward what you yearn for, you naturally adjust in such a way that you invest more in that direction. If the idea of yearning and acting on what you yearn for causes more aggravation and suffering, you’re not looking at the elements accurately, or the idler is fighting against it.

Yoga, Tantra, Kriya and other systems of knowledge and devotion can only mould your vessel (body-mind) in a certain way. The divine nectar descends in the vessel only by His grace. Even the best practitioners remain empty all their life.

Being grateful for the shade of a tree is not nearly as honourable as planting a tree.

There is usually at least one person praying for a situation, or an outcome, that is the exact opposite of the one someone or some people are praying for.

You have everything already inside you necessary for the true response to any challenge you will meet. Usually, it’s just a question of assembling some elements in a way that you didn’t think to do before (which brings us to intuition…).

Egos will burn to ashes and find peace but spiritual egos will remain half-burned and suffer till the end of next time cycle.