Quotes About Spirituality

Buddhist teachings are meant to awaken our true self, not merely to add to our storehouse of knowledge.

It is a kind of luxury to be a monk or a nun, to be able to sit quietly and look deeply into the nature of suffering and the way out.

The Heart Sutra says that there is "nothing to attain." We meditate not to attain enlightenment, because enlightenment is already in us.

Live every moment of your life deeply, and while walking, eating, drinking, and looking at the morning star, you touch the ultimate dimension.

The Buddha once told the monastics to look up at the sky at night to see the moon, and he asked them whether they saw how great the moon's happiness was as it traveled in the vast open space.

I do not think there is that much difference between Christians and Buddhists. Most of the boundaries we have created between our two traditions are artificial. Truth has no boundaries. Our differences may be mostly differences in emphasis.

It is because of the practice of meditation--stopping, calming, and looking deeply--that I have been able to nourish and protect the sources of my spiritual energy and continue this work.

Our deep aspiration is an immense source of energy.

When you begin to practice mindfulness, you begin as a part-time Buddha. Slowly you become a full-time Buddha. Sometimes you are a Buddha; sometimes you fall back; and then, with steady practice, you become a Buddha once again. Buddhahood is within reach because, like the Buddha, you're a human being. You can become a Buddha whenever you like. Buddha is available in the here and now, anytime, anywhere.

This body is not me; I am not caught in this body. I am life without boundaries. My nature is the nature of no birth and no death.

Beauty and goodness are there in each of us. A true spiritual partner is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you've been seeking. A true teacher is someone who helps you discover the teacher in yourself.

Although there may be ten thousand different forms of the Buddhist teachings, the different schools and different systems are merely different faces of the one reality.

Kelimenin kökü olan 'bud' uyanmak, bilmek, anlamak anlam?na gelir; ve uyan?p anlayan kiÅŸiye Buda denir. Bu kadar basittir. Uyanma, anlama ve sevme kapasitesine Buda doÄŸas? denir. Budistler Buda'ya s???n?yorum dedikleri zaman anlama ve fark?nda olma kapasitelerine güvendiklerini ifade ederler.

Everyone needs a spiritual dimension in life. Without a spiritual dimension, it's very challenging to be with the daily difficulties we all encounter.

La capacidad de encarnar el desapego y la ausencia de miedo es un regalo mucho más precioso que el dinero o las riquezas materiales.

When St Francis looked deeply at an all day treatment in winter and asked it to speak to him about God, the tree was instantly covered in blossoms.

This is real meditation. In this particular meditation, all at once there is love, compassion, joy, and freedom—the four constituents of the true love of which the Buddha speaks.

and agony. Are you consuming like a Hungry Ghost?

Whenever everyone's eyes are fixed on the earth—looking at the trees, plants, hills, mountains, or each other—then we know we are in the historical dimension, the world of birth and death. But when everyone's eyes look into space then we have entered the ultimate dimension, the unborn and undying world.

This is the path that goes to the shore of no-birth and no-death, leading to the end of suffering and calamity. On the spiritual path, there is no longer the discrimination between friend and enemy. You do not need to know who has worldly power or who has not.

Living the holy life, transcending time and space, you are revered by both men and gods.

Dac? Å£inem doar la oamenii de înalt caracter,în cel mai scurt timp se face pustiu în jurul nostru.Trebuie s?-i frecvent?m ÅŸi pe cei aÅŸa-ziÅŸi f?r? caracter,ca s? rezist?m,ca s? nu pierim spiritual.Oamenii aÅŸa zicând de caracter sunt cei care,cu vremea doar ne plicitisesc ÅŸi ne omoar?.

The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary locus of divine-human communication.

Until technologists learn reverence for the earth, there will be no possibility of bringing a healing or a new creative age to the earth.