180 Quotes About Dharma

The way of faith is always an integrated, single way. Whereas, the way of wisdom is always a highly differentiated, capricious way.

Samsara is not out there, but rather in the way that we experience our environment. To target it precisely, samsara is in the quality of our minds. Our minds are not functioning in accord with reality, and therein lies the problem.

Beings who yearn for the DharmaAnd generate effort for the sake of the Dharma are rare.Anyone who makes the wheel of Dharma turnWill attain supreme wisdom.– BuddhaThe Question of Kṣemaṅkara

The extent to which dharma practice has been institutionalized as a religion can be gauged by the number of consolatory elements that have crept in: for example, assurances of a better afterlife if you perform virtuous deeds or recite mantras or chant the name of a Buddha.

The Buddhadharma is not, however, associated with the practice of being a candy-ass.

I have found that we need to maintain relationships with all spheres of society: the local community, politicians from all parties, business leaders, artists, and farmers....We don't favor one kind of person over another, or one political party over another...My goal is for them to use the method and concept of Chan practice to benefit their work and their organizations....That is our duty.

The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to.

Dharma practice means physical hardship; it means that you shouldn't be pansies about it. You should exert yourselves wholeheartedly to engage in the practice, so that it will affect your body, speech, and mind.

What a miracle, that all we have to do to be beautifully loving creatures is just relax and allow.