Buddhism

Gautama Buddha

Philosophy

Buddhism

-563–-483

"Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living."

14th Dalai Lama

Religion

Buddhism

b. 1935

"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness … the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives."

"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future."

Shunryu Suzuki

Religion

Buddhism

1904–1971

"When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time."

🇯🇵Ippen

Religion

Buddhism

1239–1289

"Once our false thinking has completely ceasedThere is neither start nor conclusion, beginning nor endIn the oneness of Buddha and sentient beingsSay Namu-amida-butsu."

🇺🇸Chögyam Trungpa

Education

Buddhism

1939–1987

"The idea is not to regard the spiritual path as something very luxurious and pleasurable but to see it as just facing the facts of life."

Dilgo Khyentse

Education

Buddhism

1910–1991

"Never forget how swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or the wave of a hand. Now that you have the opportunity to practice dharma, do not waste a single moment on anything else."

🇨🇳Daman Hongren

Buddhism

"Do not try to search outside yourself, which leads to the suffering of saṃsāra. Maintain the same state of mind in every moment of thought, in every phase of mental activity."

🇪🇸Francisco Varela

Science

Buddhism

1580–1645

"The relations that define a system as a unity, and determine the dynamics of interaction and transformations which it may undergo as such a unity constitute the organization of the machine."

Milarepa

Literature

Buddhism

1040–1123

"The Magic Life of Milarepa by Eva van Dam"

🇨🇳Xuanzang

Religion

Buddhism

"The ordinary people … are upright and honourable... They are faithful to their oaths and promises... In their behavior there is much gentleness and sweetness."

🇯🇵Hakuin Ekaku

Literature

Buddhism

1685–1768

"You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?"

🇱🇰K. Sri Dhammananda Maha Thera

Religion

Buddhism

1919–2006

"To depend on others for salvation is negative, but to depend on oneself is positive. Dependence on others means surrendering one's intelligence and efforts."

🇨🇳Huangbo Xiyun

Religion

Buddhism

"The foolish reject what they see and not what they think; the wise reject what they think and not what they see."

🇨🇳D. T. Suzuki

Literature

Buddhism

1870–1966

"Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground."

Jigme Lingpa

Literature

Buddhism

1730–1798

"Ho! Mesmerized by the sheer variety of perceptions, beings wander endlessly astray in samsara's vicious cycle."

Linji Yixuan

Religion

Buddhism

"Be a master everywhere and wherever you stand is your true place."

🇮🇳Lokesh Chandra

Literature

Buddhism

b. 1927

"In conclusion, we can say that the Indonesian literati had access to all branches of Sanskrit learning and they put these disciplines to the best of use in the emergence of their own creative literature."

🇺🇸Sharon Salzberg

Education

Buddhism

b. 1952

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection"

"Those who fail to provide for themselves will eventually injure their friends and those who always provide for their friends will eventually injure themselves."

Dalai Lama XIV

Religion

Buddhism

b. 1935

"Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other."

🇩🇰Lama Ole Nydahl

Education

Buddhism

1946–2007

"Buddha’s advice helps beings by showing how one may consciously become a source of happiness and love."

🇩🇪Nyanaponika Thera

Literature

Buddhism

1901–1994

"The relatively small sector of the mind that stands in the intense light of purposeful will and thought is not a reliable standard of the inner strength and lucidity of consciousness in its totality."