Category Buddhism

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche says : “This buddha nature of ours, which is primordially free from the two extremes of being and not being, is described with the word ‘unity’. What does unity mean in this context? Right now, visual forms,…

Tong Songchol says : “Serve Your Enemies A truly religious person wishes and prays that those who curse and harass his religion be the first to go to heaven or paradise. Genuinely religious people do not claim that only followers…

Thich Nhat Hanh says : “True Happiness is made of love” Many of us think we need more money, more power or more status before we can be happy. We’re so busy spending our lives chasing after money, power and…

Thich Nhat Hanh says : “And once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in the situation of hell, we will be able to contribute our peace and…

Sri Chimnoy says : “Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.”

Song Chol says : “Good and evil are useless discriminations and so it follows that even though the Devil and Buddha have different names, they are one and the same. Consequently, to merely forgive an evildoer and not respect him…

Swami Chinmayananda says : “Every activity of every person is only to satisfy the mind. The mind is the commander. The mind is the king. If the mind is happy, I am happy. If the mind is unhappy, I am…

Richard Rose says : “That which you see is never you. That which sees is you. This is a subtractive path. God exists, I don’t. If I can’t honor the tiniest truths, how can I become the Truth? If the…

Ramana Maharishi says : “The final obstacle to meditation is ecstasy, when you feel great bliss and happiness, the tendency is to stay in that ecstasy. Do not yield to this but pass onto the sixth stage which is great…