Buddhism Quotes - Page 6

• We are luminous beings. Beneath our transient physical bodies we are made of intelligent light.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Intelligent, Light

  Frederick Lenz (1994). “Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap”, Interglobal Seminars

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• This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.

  Pema Chodron

  Buddhist, Freedom, Moving

  Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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• The purpose of life is to love, not necessarily to be loved.

  Frederick Lenz

  Purpose, Life Is, Sexuality

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• Each of is endlessly generating waves with our actions. If you could see the earth from a vibratory point of view, you would see something like radio waves billions of them, cascading constantly into very complex patterns all over the earth.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Views, Radio Waves

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• Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Atheist, Believe

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• Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Buddhist

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• The root of suffering is attachment

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Buddhist, Attachment

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• There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Inspiring, Wise

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• Let us say your wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend makes you happy. If they leave, you're bound to be unhappy. You are the slave of the thing that makes you happy. You are a junkie and human relationships can be expensive habits.

  Frederick Lenz

  Happiness, Girlfriend, Husband

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

  Milarepa

  Suffering, Menace, Fangs

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• The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.

  Gautama Buddha

  Fear, War, Secret Love

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• Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  "Weekly Meditations for Healthy Sex (Jan. 25-31)" by Alexandra Katehakis, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2013.

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• Conquer the angry man by love.

  Gautama Buddha

  Men, Angry Man, People

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• There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, People, Siddhartha

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• If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Thoughtful, Men

  Gautama Buddha (2013). “The Dhammapada”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Selfless Giving, Kind Thoughts

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• There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.

  Gautama Buddha

  Siddhartha, Doubt, Anticipation

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• Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Karma, Wise

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• The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Inspiring, Wise

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• It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Struggle, Winning

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• This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Spiritual

  "The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology by and about the Dalai Lama" edited by Sidney Piburn, (p.52), 1990.

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• The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Partying for the Planet and Dancing With God (at Burning Man)" by Leah Lamb, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.

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• Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives, how we depend on others and others depend on us, our outlook will change. We’ll begin to see 'others' not as somehow distant from us, but as people we are in touch with, people close to us; we will no longer feel indifferent to them.

  Dalai Lama

  Change, Buddhist, People

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• We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartednes s can then spread through the community just as ripples radiate out across the water when you drop a pebble into a pond

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Change, Family

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• In today’s interconnected and globalized world, it is now commonplace for people of dissimilar world views, faiths and races to live side by side. It is a matter of great urgency, therefore, that we find ways to cooperate with one another in a spirit of mutual acceptance and respect.

  Dalai Lama

  Respect, Buddhist, Acceptance

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