The Buddha said that there are three times that a person should consider the consequences of any action: before, during, and after. “One should reflect thus, ” he said. “‘Is what I am about to do. .. ’ or ‘Is what I am currently doing. .. ’ or ‘Is what I just did. .. for my own well-being and for the benefit of all others? Sylvia Boorstein
True love is born from understanding.
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Gautama Buddha
Smiles, rainbows and a grain of rice. I could survive on that!
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Anthony T. Hincks
Truth is the same always. Whoever ponders it will get the same answer. Buddha got it. Patanjali got it. Jesus got it. Mohammed got it. The answer is the same, but the method of working it out may vary this way or that. (115)
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Swami Satchidananda
The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to be believed. The four truths are prescriptions for behavior rather than descriptions of reality. The Buddha compares himself to a...
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Stephen Batchelor
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
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Gautama Buddha
More Quotes By Sylvia Boorstein
The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful.
Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is. It teaches the heart to be more accommodating, not by beating it into submission, but by making it clear that accommodation...
The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in.
I think they paid attention to their lives and became wise. For those of us who don’t arrive at wisdom naturally, meditation is one way to get there through practice.
Buddha also said that the Dharma, like a bird, needs two wings to fly, and that the wing that balances Wisdom is compassion.
