Buddha Nature Quotes - Page 2

• All sentient beings - all holons in fact - contain Buddha-nature - contain depth, consciousness, intrinsic value, Spirit - and thus we are all members of the council of all beings... And the ultimate objective truth is that all beings are perfect manifestations of Spirit or Emptiness

  Ken Wilber

  Perfect, Facts, Depth

  Ken Wilber (1998). “The Essential Ken Wilber”, p.101, Shambhala Publications

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• Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.

  Dogen

  Men, Every Man

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• Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.

  Bodhidharma

  Dust, Affliction, Shapes

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.109, Macmillan

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• If you fall into poverty, live that way without grumbling - then your poverty will not burden you. Likewise, if you are rich, live with your riches. All this is the functioning of Buddha-nature. In short, Buddha-nature has the quality of infinite adaptability.

  Philip Kapleau

  Fall, Quality, Riches

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• Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five clusters, if they practice sincerely they attain enlightenment. Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. This is because the four elements and five clusters and plants, trees, fences and walls are fellow students; because they are of the same essence, because they are the same mind and the same life, because they are the same body and the same mechanism.

  Dogen

  Life, Wall, Essence

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• Nothing burns in hell but ego" says Tauler. Does anything live but Buddha Nature, Christ Spirit?

  Frederick Franck

  Ego, Doe, Spirit

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• People walking? Karma walking ... Buddha nature walking..!

  Frederick Franck

  Karma, People, Walking

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• There is no self, yet we all exist. All phenomena are "empty," yet they have Buddha nature.

  Frederick Lenz

  Self, Empty, Nothingness

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• We really have to get going," Sam said. "Can we leave the car here and pick it up later?" The monk said, "Does a dog have a Buddha nature?" Does a fish have a watertight asshole?" said Coyote.

  Christopher Moore

  Dog, Car, Coyotes

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