Dharma Quotes - Page 4

• That which is right is different for each one of us in each situation. There isn't a moral code that I or anyone can lay down that will tell you what your dharma is.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Different, Moral

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• The person who understands Dharma will have the opposite reaction to a "hard" job. That person will be eager to get started, no matter what kind of work is in front of her, because she understands that she's doing God's work. And when you're working for God, nothing is too hard.

  Russell Simmons

  Jobs, Opposites, Matter

  Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow (2007). “Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success”, p.85, Penguin

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• For me the protection of Planet Earth, the survival of all species and the sustainability of our ecosystems is more than a mission. It is my religion and my dharma.

  Rajendra K. Pachauri

  Ecosystems, Survival, Earth

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• There is the physical mind which is mechanical but the awareness which is the essential character (dharma) of the mind is also to some extent present there.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Character, Mind, Essentials

  Source: overmanfoundation.wordpress.com

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• Therefore, be islands unto yourselves. Be your own refuge. Have recourse to none else for refuge. Hold fast to the Dharma as a refuge. Resort to no other refuge. Whosoever, either now or after I am gone, shall be islands unto themselves, shall seek no eternal refuge, it is they, among my disciples who shall reach the very topmost height! But they must be keen to progress.

  Gautama Buddha

  Islands, Independence, Progress

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• India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples. And that which must seek now to awake is not an anglicised oriental people, docile pupil of the West and doomed to repeat the cycle of the occident's success and failure, but still the ancient immemorable Shakti recovering her deepest self, lifting her head higher towards the supreme source of light and strength and turning to discover the complete meaning and a vaster form of her Dharma.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Light, Self, People

  "Rewriting Indian History". Book by François Gautier, p. 158, 2003.

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• They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

  Gautama Buddha

  Strong, Buddhist, Determination

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• Buddhas continue to live on through their teachings as dharma bodies. Their spirits become manifest in the sangha (spiritual community) where their teachings are passed on.

  Shinjo Ito

  Spiritual, Teaching, Community

  Shinjō Itō (2009). “Shinjo: Reflections”, p.133

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• Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.

  Dogen

  Buddhist, Everyday, Worldly Life

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• In varying degrees, the authority of the dharma was replaced by the authority of the guru, who came, in some traditions, to assume the role of the Buddha himself.

  Stephen Batchelor

  Degrees, Roles, Assuming

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• Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves.

  Erwin Schrodinger

  Karma, Men, Self

  "My View of the World" by Erwin Schrodinger, (Ch, 5), 1961.

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• The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity--to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions,"How can I help? How can I help all those that I come into contact with?" When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of the Law of Dharma.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Unique, Law

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.68, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• The heart wants to go on; that is its dharma. For unless it moves, it dies.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Moving, Heart, Goes On

  Rabindranath Tagore, Fakrul Alam, Radha Chakravarty (2011). “The Essential Tagore”, p.798, Harvard University Press

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• As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.

  Carol Burnett

  Timing, Wonderful, Sitcom

  "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character". PBS Interview, www.pbs.org. August 24, 2008.

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• We are here to start an era, to start an Age, to celebrate the transition from the Piscean Age into the Aquarian Age. We are here to celebrate that. We are the pioneers. We are the pioneers of the Dharma. Let's bow our heads in prayer and let us open our hearts.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Prayer, Heart, Age

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• I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be saved Preach to them a variety of dharmas, Each time having this thought: 'How may I cause the beings To contrive to enter the Unexcelled Path and quickly to perfect the Buddha-body?'

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Knowing, Perfect

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• What we do outwardly will only interrupt the flow of our perfect attention is it is not in harmony with the dharma.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Perfect, Mindfulness

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• Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully and fearlessly, In the midst of the bodhisattvas Frankly casting aside my expedient devices, Merely preach the Unexcelled Path.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Believe, Men

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• Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the flavor of soup.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Wise, Buddhist

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• All that's visible springs from causes intimate to you. While walking, sitting, lying down, the body itself is complete truth. If someone asks the inner meaning of this: Inside the treasury of dharma eye a single grain of dust.

  Dogen

  Lying, Spring, Eye

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• It is my greatest joy to share with students this knowledge that I have acquired in the past 50 years of practice and study. Dharma Yoga practice will give one’s body the power and strength to have resistance to common illnesses and diseases. With proper encouragement and increased faith in the Guru, as one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making one's self useful to himself and all mankind.

  Dharma Mittra

  Encouragement, Attitude, Yoga

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• Once in a while an enlightened teacher goes out into the world and spreads the dharma. They attract some attention, and it is a great spectacle to see who and why and what is drawn.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Attention, World

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• While 'Buddhism' suggests another belief system, 'dharma practice' suggests a course of action. The four ennobling truths are not propositions to believe; they are challenges to act.

  Stephen Batchelor

  Believe, Buddhism, Practice

  Stephen Batchelor (1998). “Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening”, p.12, Penguin

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• Each time the dharma moved into a different civilization or historical period, it faced a twofold challenge: to maintain its integrity as an internally coherent tradition, and to express its vision in a way that responded to the needs of the new situation.

  Stephen Batchelor

  Integrity, Civilization, Challenges

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• The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.

  Ramakrishna

  Desire, Trying, Way

  Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

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