1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

Renunciation essentially means simplifying one’s mind, one’s words, and one’s activities, by letting go of what obstructs inner freedom. Constraint creates frustration; renunciation produces a real sense of joy.

Eventually, you will go alone/ unafraid, into your life/ feeling into the dark, without doubt that/your heart is open.

The magic of meditation begins when thoughts end. Thoughts end when you detach from people and things. To detach from them neatly, you've to detach from your own body-mind, your own identity.

There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress.

The venerable teachers, philosophers & spiritual practitioners throughout history have concluded that the greatest happiness we can experience comes from the development of an open, loving heart.

Do this when you go for a walk: Notice colour of a random object and then try to spot the same colour elsewhere around you. Then repeat with some other colour. You will notice so many things that your mind often ignores and so many patterns that your mind would dismiss as coincidences.

People create conflicts, arguments and all sorts of noise to help each other avoid silence. Because nothing scares a mind more than silence. Silence is the language of soul. The soul talks to God when mind stops talking about God.

When you see the Sun setting over the horizon, you feel like you've entered into a beautiful art piece. A meditative mind gets that feeling 24×7. The world feels like an art village for those who walk through it slowly.

Life has to be freed and lived, instead of being known.