Buddhist – Quotes

Love is the only

Love is the only cause of happiness. Its nature is all-pervasive like space. Love is the sunlight of the mind Garchen Rinpoche

There’s a conspiracy / to protect the young, so they’ll be fearless, / it’s why you travel – it’s a way of trying / to let go, of lying. You don’t sit / in a stiff chair and worry, you keep moving. / Postcards from the Alamo, the Alhambra. / … / You, fainting at … Read more

I want to take

I want to take you to a place of pure magic… It’s the place athletes call the zone. Buddhists call satori and ravers call trance. I call it the Silver Desert. It’s a place of pure light that holds the dark within it. It’s a place of pure rhythm. Gabrielle Roth

The three elements of

The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing – or heart, mind, and hands – or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it; great faith, great question, and great courage. Eric Maisel

I am burdened with

I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the ‘monkey mind’ — the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. Elizabeth Gilbert

I am burdened with

I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. My mind swings wildly through time, touching on dozens of ideas a minute, unharnessed and undisciplined. You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves … Read more

An idea that is

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. Edward de Bono

I think that young

I think that young people are going to continue on with the work on pluralism for two reasons, really. One is because it’s the reality of the world that they live in, and I think young people from different backgrounds are asking themselves, what does it mean for me to be a Buddhist and friends … Read more

Have big dreams but

Have big dreams but focus only on what you can control: your own thoughts, words and actions. This was Gandhi’s way … in the words of Buddhist poet Gary Snyder, our job is to move the world a millionth of an inch. Eboo Patel

From a Buddhist point

From a Buddhist point of view, this is standing the truth on its head by considering goods as more important than people and consumption as more important than creative activity. It means shifting the emphasis from the worker to the product of work, that is, from the human to the sub-human, surrender to the forces … Read more