Buddhism Quotes - Page 8

• The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

  Atisa

  Appearance, Things Are Not What They Seem, Greatest Wisdom

  "Perspectives on Mankind's Search for Meaning". Book by Walter Taminang, p. 63, 2008.

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• Although we are all the same in not wanting problems and wanting a peaceful life, we tend to create a lot of problems for ourselves. Encountering those problems, anger develops and overwhelms our mind, which leads to violence. A good way to counter this and to work for a more peaceful world is to develop concern for others. Then our anger, jealousy and other destructive emotions will naturally weaken and diminish.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Jealousy, Wisdom

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• Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed even by the most uncomfortable circumstances. If you nurse hatred, however, you will not be happy even in the lap of luxury. Thus, if we really want happiness, we must widen the sphere of love. This is both religious thinking and basic common sense.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Happiness, Being Happy

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• When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years, I’ve come to call resting with the discomfort “the detox period,” because when you don’t act on your habitual patterns, it’s like giving up an addiction. You’re left with the feelings you were trying to escape. The practice is to make a wholehearted relationship with that

  Pema Chodron

  Wisdom, Buddhist, Giving Up

  Pema Chodron (2012). “Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change”, p.36, Shambhala Publications

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• In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It is our capacity to relax with not knowing, not figuring everything out, with not being at all sure who we are, or who anyone else is, either.

  Pema Chodron

  Wisdom, Buddhist, Humor

  Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.26, Shambhala Publications

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• Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance of physical hygiene to physical health, to ensure healthy minds, we need to learn some kind of emotional hygiene.

  Dalai Lama

  Wisdom, Buddhist, Fear

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• Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.

  Dalai Lama

  Happiness, Being Happy, Spiritual

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• Smile, breathe and go slowly.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Life, Positivity

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• Life is learning how to deal with traffic. It requires patience, a good sense of timing, and sometimes not giving in to the traffic but reshaping your life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Giving, Timing, Sometimes

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• In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious

  Tina Turner

  Conscious, Rhythm, Subconscious

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• Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance, that it cannot but see something feeble in a civilization which smiles as it refuses to make the battlefield the test of excellence.

  James Joyce

  Civilization, Excellence, Religion

  James Joyce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)”, p.2227, Delphi Classics

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• Spiritual balance is the principle that allows the mind to be still. You cannot expect the world to settle down, everything to work out, in order for you to be happy. You have to get control of your mind.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Order, Work Out

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• If you stay in the attention you are in, then you can predict everything that will happen to you for the rest of your life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Attention, Rest Of Your Life

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• Your choices are really very limited. They are limited by your level of awareness. If you can change your level of awareness radically, then you can change your destiny.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Destiny, Choices

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• It's important to remember that there are countless views in infinity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Views, Important, Infinity

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• Walk in nature. Take the time to be still. Practicing arts, arranging flowers, doing some drawing, working on a computer, brings a sense of stillness into your life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Happiness, Art, Flower

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• Find things that make you feel still, that make you feel good.

  Frederick Lenz

  Happiness, Feel Good, Feels

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• When you meditate, you are shifting your state of mind to a higher vibratory level that will give you a much more expansive view.

  Frederick Lenz

  Views, Giving, Meditation

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• However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wise

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• 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.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Learning, Hands

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• With our thoughts we make the world.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Change, Spiritual

  Gautama Buddha (2016). “Zen Dogs”, p.36, Mango Media Inc.

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• When we open our heart up to someone, that energy, of course, comes into us.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Heart, Energy

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• Stress is a state of mind and if you realize that you will find that it's something you can deal with. It is my belief that stress occurs not because of the conditions of the world.

  Frederick Lenz

  Stress, Meditation, Mind

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• Learn the motions of infinity within your mind. Your mind becomes a perfect mirror to the motions of infinity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Mirrors, Perfect, Meditation

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• The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.

  Gautama Buddha

  Integrity, World, Way

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