Quotes About Wisdom

The dharmakaya of all buddhas, the Tathagata, the noble truth, and the absolute nirvana are but synonymous terms, being just different aspects that have the same essence.

Understanding is the level immediately below Wisdom. It is on the level of Understanding that ideas exist separately, where they can be scrutinized and comprehended. While Wisdom is pure undifferentiated Mind, Understanding is the level where division exists, and where things are delineated and defined as separated objects.

These 32 paths are said to be paths of Wisdom (Chakhmah). In a Kabbalistic sense, Wisdom is seen as pure, undifferentiated Mind.20 It is pure thought, which has not yet been broken up into differentiated ideas. Wisdom is the level above all division, where everything is a simple unity.

And now as long as space endures, As long as there are beings to be found, May I continue likewise to remain To drive away the sorrows of the world. The pains and sorrows of all wandering beings— May they ripen wholly on myself. And may the virtuous company of Bodhisattvas Always bring about the happiness of beings.

For it's as if by chance that I have gained This state so hard to find, wherein to help myself. If now, while having such discernment, I am once again consigned to hell, I am as if benumbed by sorcery, As if reduced to total mindlessness. I do not know what dulls my wits. O what is it that has me in its grip?

To cover all the earth with sheets of leather Where could such amounts of skin be found? But with the leather soles of just my shoes It is as though I cover all the earth! And thus the outer course of things I myself cannot restrain. But let me just restrain my mind, And what is left to be restrained?

Relative and ultimate, These the two truths are declared to be. The ultimate is not within the reach of intellect, For intellect is said to be the relative.

Penetrative insight joined with calm abiding Utterly eradicates afflicted states. Knowing this, first search for calm abiding, Found by people who are happy to be free from worldly ties.

Therefore flee the company of childish people. Greet them, when you meet, with smiles That keep on terms of common courtesy, Without inviting intimate relations.

Por lo tanto, un enemigo es tan deseable como un tesoro que, sin ningún esfuerzo de mi parte apareciera en mi propia casa, porque un enemigo es mi ayudante en el camino que conduce al despertar.

The Tathagatas have said that a fool is no one's friend, because the affection of a fool does not arise without self-interest.

Que se le tema a lo que produce dolor. Pero, ¿qué temor puede sentirse ante la vacuidad que aquieta todo dolor? Si se cree que el yo es algo, habrá temor aquí y allá. Si se reconoce que el yo no es nada, ¿quién va a tener miedo?.

So take advantage of this human boat. Free yourself from sorrow's mighty stream! This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!

A silliest person is one who do not learn from his previous experiences.

Aqalmandi Ka Takaza Tou Yehi Hai Kay Insan Khuda Kay Tasawar Ko Sha'ori Tor Par Thek Tarah Say Samajh Lay. Aisa Na Hoa Tou Koi Aur Sha'ay Khuda Ban Kar Apni Pooja Karwaney Lagay Gi".

Aqalmandi Ka Takaza Tou yehi Hai Kay Insan Khuda Kay Tasawar Ko Sha'ori Tor Par Thek Tarah Sayt Samajh Lay. Aisa Na Hoa Tou Koi Aur Sha'ay Khuda Ban Kar Apni Pooja Karwaney Lagay Gi

Sometimes silence is the best revenge. Mystery and guesswork kills!

You will never learn to steal a car unless you leave keys inside..!

The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library.

There are some things children cannot know, because once they learn them they are no longer children.

For his first forty days a child is given dreams of previous lives. Journeys, winding paths, a hundred small lessons and then the past is erased.

In our society the elderly are regarded as biodegradable and superfluous, instead of what they really represent: a biological elite who, with weathered wisom, have much to offer the world.

The sooner growing older is stripped of reflexive dread, the better equipped we are to benefit from the countless ways in which it can enrich us.

My first interview was with eighty-eight-year-old folk artist Marcia Muth… 'Your life does change as you get older,' she told me. 'You get into what's important and what's not'.