17 posts tagged “quotes” (page 2)

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

- Dalai Lama

People today have been confused for a long time. They do not know that their own mind is the real Buddha. They do not know that their own essence is the real Dharma. Wishing to seek Dharma, they attribute it to remote sages; wishing to seek Buddhahood, they do not observe their own mind.

- Master Chinul (1158-1210)

If you could understand a single grain of wheat, you would die of wonder.
- Martin Luther

If you want to be happy, be.

- Leo Tolstoy

"The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."

- Henry Miller

"If we knew that tonight we were going to go blind, we would take a longing, last real look at every blade of grass, every cloud formation, every speck of dust, every rainbow, raindrop---everything."

- Pema Chödrön 

Hell is not punishment,
it's training.
Shunryu Suzuki