Best Buddhist Philosophy Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

Source: Mystics and Zen Masters

“Concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

“I do a lot of reading on Buddhist philosophy, and a Buddhist nun named Pema Chödrön talks a lot about acceptance. It's one of the main tenets of Buddhism - accepting that what is, is. The root of our suffering is when we just don't want to accept a truth. We want something to be different than it is.”

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Author:Sara Bareilles

“To me this technical acceptation seems not applicable here, where we have to deal with the simplest moral precepts, and not with psychological niceties of Buddhist philosophy.”

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Book:The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata

Source: The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata

“If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.”

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Author:Gautama Buddha

“I practice Buddhist philosophy and contemplation but I don't know if I'm more of anything.”

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Author:Goldie Hawn

“I never really wanted to have a Guru, I was more interested in Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and had a psychological background in college, but he had so much love. To be with him, there was nowhere else to be and nothing else to do. Nothing he taught, philosophy or meditation, are the things I went to India to look for, or was interested in, but he sort of jumped into my heart and then pulled, he pried it open.”

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Author:Surya Das

“I think it would help if, when people are first ordained, they underwent a period of strict training, maybe for several years. During this time they would learn basic Buddhist philosophy in a monastic community where all the teaching and training was directed toward living a perfect monastic life and wasn't channeled out to fit into the lay life - which is what usually happens in Dharma centers where the teachings are directed toward how to live the Dharma in your everyday life.”

“Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

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Author:Gautama Buddha

“With our thoughts we make the world.”

Source: Zen Dogs

“Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.”

“However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?”

“Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”

“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.”

“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”

“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”

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Author:Gautama Buddha

“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.”

“Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.”

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Author:Gautama Buddha

“Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.”

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Author:Gautama Buddha

“If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”

Source: The Dhammapada

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little”

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Author:Gautama Buddha

“To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”