Buddhadasa Quotes

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Buddhadasa, born on May 27, 1906 and died on May 25, 1993, was a renowned Thai monk. He is known for his profound Buddhist thoughts and contributions to the modernization of Buddhism.

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All Mind Buddhist Inspirational May Suffering Void World Able Absolutes All Kinds

Famous Buddhadasa Quotes

“Do work of all kinds with a mind that is void and to the voidness surrender all of the fruits.”

Mind Kind Fruit Surrender All Kinds Void

Author:Buddhadasa

“Happiness is when there is no hunger or want at all, when we're completely free of all hunger, desire, and want.”

Want Desire Hunger

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“True happiness consists in eliminating the false idea of 'I'.”

Ideas True Happiness Eliminating

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“What is the world full of? It is full of things that arise, persist, and cease. Grasp and cling to them, and they produce suffering. Don't grasp and cling to them, and they do not produce suffering.”

World Inspirational Suffering Produce Cease Arise Persist

Author:Buddhadasa

“Those who read books cannot understand the teachings and, what's more, may even go astray. But those who try to observe the things going on in the mind, and always take that which is true in their own minds as their standard, never get muddled. They are able to comprehend suffering, and ultimately will understand Dharma. Then, they will understand the books they read.”

Trying Mind May Book Able Suffering Teaching Standards Dharma

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“Hell was OK, until some wise guy went to heaven and came back”

Guy Heaven Hell Wise Wise Guy

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“The entire cosmos is a cooperative. The sun, the moon, and the stars live together as a cooperative. The same is true for humans and animals, trees, and the Earth. When we realize that the world is a mutual, interdependent, cooperative enterprise -- then we can build a noble environment. If our lives are not based on this truth, then we shall perish.”

Ifs World Life Inspirational Humans Truth Earth Together Stars Realizing Animal Sun Environment Our Lives Tree Moon Noble Buddhist Enterprise Cosmos Mutual Cooperatives Humans And Animals

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“The practice is to make the non-arising of grasping and clinging absolute, final, and eternally void, so that no grasping and clinging can ever return. Just that is enough. There is nothing else to do.”

Enough Practice Return Absolutes Finals Void Clinging Grasping

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“All beings may dance at ease in the breeze with minds left silent by laying to rest all things.”

Mind May Left All Things Silent Ease Breeze

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“To believe straight away is foolishness, to believe after having seen clearly is good sense. That is the Buddhist policy in belief; not to believe stupidly, or to rely only on people, textbooks, conjecture, reasoning, or whatever the majority believes, but rather to believe what we see clearly for ourselves to be the case. This is how it is in Buddhism.”

People Believe Belief Cases Policy Buddhism Majority Buddhist Rely Reasoning Foolishness Good Sense Textbooks Conjecture

Author:Buddhadasa

About the Author

Born: May 27, 1906
Died: May 25, 1993
Known for: Monk
Quotes: 10

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