Quotes on Buddhism

On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more!

When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.

You menace others with your deadly fangs. But in tormenting them, you are only tormenting yourselves.

Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.

Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.

In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing forth deep insight and awakening. Mindfulness is the base of Buddhist practice

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

In Buddhism, both learning and practice are extremely important, and they must go hand in hand. Without knowledge, just to rely on faith, faith, and more faith is good but not sufficient. So the intellectual part must definitely be present. At the same time, strictly intellectual development without faith and practice, is also of no use. It is necessary to combine knowledge born from study with sincere practice in our daily lives. These two must go together.

When ever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him.

Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water and when you're tired go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.

If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.