Quotes About Existence

All phenomena are impermanent. They are subject to birth and death. When the notions of birth and death are removed, this silence is called great joy.

When conditions are sufficient, we manifest in a particular way. When conditions are no longer sufficient, we no longer manifest in that way. This doesn't mean that we don't exist. If we're afraid of death, it's because we don't understand that things do not really die.

Enlightenment is when the wave realizes that it is the ocean.

Meditation means being aware of what is going on – in our bodies, in our feelings, in our minds, and in the world. Each day thousands of children die of hunger. … Yet the sunrise is beautiful, and the rose that blossomed this morning along the wall is a miracle. Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects of life.

In this food I see clearly the presence of the entire universe supporting my existence.

I think, therefore I am really not there.

Life is real; it's not a dream when mindfulness is there.

The greatest miracle is to be alive.

To live, we must die every instant. We must perish again and again in the storms that make life possible.

We do not have to die to get to the gates of Heaven.

you are part of the universe; you are made of stars

Only the present moment is real.

To see things in their interdependent relational mature is to perceive their nature of non-identity. Put another way, it is to recognize their existence, even when they are not present.

Life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

The Buddha said, "The past no longer exists, and the future is not yet here." There is only a single moment in which we can truly be alive, and that is the present moment. Being present in the here and now is our practice.

Respirar durante dos o tres segundos conscientemente te permite darte cuenta de que estás vivo

There is no enlightenment outside daily life.

We are life without limit. We are not caught in birth, we are not caught in death, we are not caught in being, and we are not caught in non-being. This is the truth of reality.

We ride on the wave of birth and death, and we are free from birth and death.

The universe and the person who creates the universe are not two different entities. Some Christian theologians say that God is the ground of being. This is quite close to Buddhism. But then Buddhism asks the question, If God is the ground of being, then what is the ground of nonbeing?

If the wave does not have to die to become water, then we do not have to die to enter the kingdom of God.

No birth and no death; no being and no nonbeing; no coming and no going; no same and no different

Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.

Life is short; it must not be spent in endless metaphysical speculations which will not be able to bring us the Truth.