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Life repeats itself mindlessly -
unless you become mindful, it will go on repeating like a wheel.
That's why Buddhists call it the wheel of life and death,
the wheel of time.
It moves like a wheel: birth is followed by death,
death is followed by birth;
love is followed by hate, hate is followed by love;
success is followed by failure,
failure is followed by success. Just see!
If you can watch just for a few days,
you will see a pattern emerging, a wheel pattern.
One day, a fine morning, you are feeling so good and so happy,
and another day you are so dull,
so dead that you start thinking of committing suicide.
And just the other day you were so full of life,
so blissful that you were feeling thankful to God,
that you were in a mood of deep gratefulness,
and today there is great complaint
and you don't see the point why one should go on living...
And it goes on and on, but you don't see the pattern.
Once you see the pattern, you can get out of it.
- Osho
A newborn does not have worry, or stress, or anger,
because they have not yet learned those things.
Consider what life would be like if you could
forget all the past resentments and perceived offenses
that color your thinking and your emotions.
Buddhists call that state "beginner mind" -
an opening to experience life
without the jaundiced filter of past disappointments.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What we think, we become.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world.
- The Buddha
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
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The mind is everything.
What you think you become.
- The Buddha
Be gentle with the earth.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
In the practice of tolerance,
one's enemy is the best teacher.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things.
Strive on with diligence.
- The Buddha
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
I find hope in the darkest of days,
and focus in the brightest.
I do not judge the universe.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Without health, life is not life;
it is only a state of languor and suffering -
an image of death.
- The Buddha
Health is the greatest gift,
contentment the greatest wealth,
faithfulness the best relationship.
- The Buddha
I do not believe in a fate that
falls on men however they act;
but I do believe in a fate
that falls on them unless they act.
- The Buddha
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb
What we think, we become.
- The Buddha
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.
He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
- The Buddha
Spend some time alone every day.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Where ignorance is our master,
there is no possibility of real peace.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
An idea that is developed and put into action
is more important than
an idea that exists only as an idea.
- The Buddha
Remember that not getting what you want
is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
All wrong-doing arises because of mind.
If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
- The Buddha
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
- The Buddha
Three things cannot be long hidden:
the sun, the moon, and the truth.
- The Buddha
A jug fills drop by drop.
- The Buddha
The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.
- The Buddha
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care
for people will hear them and be influenced
by them for good or ill.
- The Buddha
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary.
Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
- The Buddha
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west;
people create distinctions out of their own minds
and then believe them to be true.
- The Buddha
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile
can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
It is better to conquer yourself
than to win a thousand battles.
Then the victory is yours.
It cannot be taken from you,
not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
- The Buddha
He is able who thinks he is able.
- The Buddha
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
- The Buddha
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- The Buddha
If you can, help others;
if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger
we have already ceased striving for the truth,
and have begun striving for ourselves.
- The Buddha
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe,
that lures him to evil ways.
- The Buddha
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil,
when one feels tranquil,
one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings;
when one has these feelings and appreciates them,
one is free of fear.
- The Buddha
The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
If you wish to experience peace,
provide peace for another.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth
- not going all the way and not starting.
- The Buddha
Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
On life's journey, faith is nourishment,
virtuous deeds are a shelter,
wisdom is the light by day
and right mindfulness is the protection by night.
If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
- The Buddha
You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- The Buddha
The more we care for the happiness of others,
the greater is our own sense of well-being.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
There is no need for temples,
no need for complicated philosophies.
My brain and my heart are my temples;
my philosophy is kindness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Work out your own salvation.
Do not depend on others.
- The Buddha
When someone has a strong intuitive connection,
Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma,
some past connection.
- Richard Gere
We are shaped by our thoughts;
we become what we think.
When the mind is pure, joy follows
like a shadow that never leaves.
- The Buddha
Be kind whenever possible; and it is always possible.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
- The Buddha
Be gentle first with yourself.
- Lama Yeshe
No one saves us but ourselves.
No one can and no one may.
We ourselves must walk the path.
- The Buddha
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them humanity cannot survive.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire,
men cannot live without a spiritual life.
- The Buddha
At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
- Pema Chodron
Your work is to discover your world
and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
- The Buddha
Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- The Buddha
We are formed and molded by our thoughts.
Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts
give joy when they speak or act.
Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
- The Buddha
We can never obtain peace in the outer world
until we make peace with ourselves.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Better than a thousand hollow words,
is one word that brings peace.
- The Buddha
An insincere and evil friend is more
to be feared than a wild beast;
a wild beast may wound your body,
but an evil friend will wound your mind.
- The Buddha
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
- The Buddha
With realization of one's own potential and
self-confidence in one's ability,
one can build a better world.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Whether one believes in a religion or not,
and whether one believes in rebirth or not,
there isn't anyone who doesn't
appreciate kindness and compassion.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
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