Category: Quotes

A friend visited a monastery in China, and came across a monk who told her that a couplet at a…

M: If one were to mind, wouldn’t that translate to more ‘mindfulness’ And if one were to take a ‘never…

Love those imperfect… because they can be perfect. Love those trying to be perfect… because they will be perfect. Love…

The lyrics of this song ‘Why’ by Enigma reminds me of Dhammapada verse 6 by the Buddha. Here are various…

In Digha Nikaya (I,164), the Buddha taught, ‘Those things about which there is no agreement, let us put aside. Those…

行善不昌，必有余殃，殃尽必昌； 行恶不殃，必有余昌，昌尽必殃。 If doing good does not lead to good fortune, there must be excess misfortune [due to past evil…

As long as there is an ego, there are demons. When there is no more ego, there are no more…

If you choose not to see the truth, are you good as blind then? If you choose not to hear…

If your idea of God is not a person, while most believe him as so, let’s not call him God,…

We shall not cease from exploration And the end to all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started…

A Tit for a Tat (125) Tit: Hey! Your phone is ringing again! Tat: Ignore it! Tit: Why? Tat: It’s…

Among all negative karma, that of killing is the heaviest. Among all positive karma, that for releasing life is the…

It is easy for the good person to do good deeds, but for the evil one it is difficult to…

Live a good honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a…

Financial planning is not just about amassing as much as possible. but giving as much as possible that which is…

The Four Reliances Do not rely on the individual, but on the Dharma Do not on the words, but on…

From ‘A Heart Full of Peace’ by Joseph Goldstein are many thought-provoking quotes, with elaborations on what their significance. Below…

A Tit for a Tat (50) Tit: Wedding day is a girl’s most happy and beautiful day… Tat: Why can’t…

Unless there is loving-kindness in our speech, it’s going to come out wrong. – Ayya Khema Unless there is loving-kindness…

Ren: Are you a Mahayanist? Yah: Yes and no. Ren: Meaning? Yah: Yes, because I believe in the Mahayana sutras…