1,972 Quotes About Buddhism

You haven’t realized it yet but your life is precious. I always say that people should not do something that has no purpose. Is there a purpose behind your actions? Of course there is a purpose behind your decision to step into this bamboo forest. That is why your life is not meaningless. --The Unnamed Samurai (Chapter 5)

Buddhism is a "spiritual" version of atheistic scientific materialism, science with the concepts of rebirth, karma, nirvana and cosmic consciousness added to it.

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.

There is no God in Buddha’s teachings. There is no religious ritual in Buddha’s teachings. All that there is, is simple “Karma” or “Work” – that is the “Dhamma” or “Duty” or “Religion” he preached.

I do not dispute with the world, it is the world that disputes with me. A speaker of Dhamma does not dispute with anyone in the world.

This world is like an endless TV serial. If you keep discussing the characters and plots, you will never find the one who is watching this from the seat of eternity.

The fact that we are all going to die prevents the vast majority of people from being driven insane by the fact that they are going to die.

We have to establish ourselves in the here and now in order to truly eat. All through the meal, we should really be here with the people at the table. As we chew our food, we should really be here with what we are eating. We can get deeply in touch with the food, which is a gift from the earth and sky.

Perfection itself is not the ultimate goalbut the ultimate condition of life.