Quotes About Spirituality

To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this is good and that is bad.

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

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.

When Babaji has drawn you to him, everything is given to you in his own shadow. One must learn this and drive away worries from the mind.

The saints are actually the teachings and scriptures personified. They do not teach by quoting or reciting the scriptures, but by living and practicing them, and sometimes through a little acting.

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.

The longest journeyIs the journey inwardsOf him who has chosen his destiny.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.

Faith is the belief in the invisible. It would be a dull world, indeed, if only the visible were reality.

Without a solid sense of self, individuals will remain spiritually enslaved to the group, even if the social system changes.

A religion that cannot help people become happy and lead fulfilling lives cannot possibly realize world peace and free the world's people from suffering.

The Lord says to forgive is devine. -The Lord didn't go to high school with you.

I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happinessÖ

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it's okay to remain a radical atheist, it's absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart -- then no problem.

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into peopleís hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human 'brain' with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human 'heart' with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first.

This new concept ought to be elaborated alongside the religions, in such a way that all people of good will could adhere to it. We ought to promote this concept with the help of scientists. It could lead us to what we are looking for.

This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.