180 Quotes About Dharma

The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.

The unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.

Don’t worry, eventually everything falls into its rightful place.

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.

Only one kind of religion cannot give peace to everyone. Whatever ‘degree’ one is sitting at, that ‘degree’ of religion he requires.

Just stick to the ordinary circumstances without labeling them ordinary. Be open to them with no desire to change them in any way. They are, in fact, already magical and miraculous. They are the revelation of the Absolute. The mountains, for instance, are already miracles. We don’t need a little angel on top of the mountain to make it more miraculous, so don’t make one up.

देवर्षिगणसंघातस्तूयमानात्मवैभवाभण्डासुरवधोद्युक्तशक्तिसेनासमन्विता ॥२४Devarshi-gana-sanghaatha-sthooya-maana-aathma-vaibhavaaBhanda-asura-vadha-udyukta-shakti-saena-sam-anwithaa24. She revered by knowledgeable with divinity,She source of all, through Her everything be,She has strength to destroy evil heart fully,And enlighten devotee with knowledge truly.- 34 -

I have encountered something of unsurpassable value—something I have found to be utterly dependable and infinitely resourceful. In Buddhism, we call it the Dharma, but it could just as easily be called the Tao or God or the Source of All Things or Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong.

In a Zen retreat we have a format for working with these quicksilver changes: we sit with them, we pay attention to them... Being steady with mindfulness as an anchor for all the changes we go through is the way we practice forbearance. And you can employ this same method anywhere anytime: just pay close attention to the details of what is going on internally and externally. Don't flinch, don't run away. Trust what happens. Take your stand there." (71)