Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace...

Plantie is a very strong Protestant, that is to say, he’s against all churches, especially the Protestant: and he thinks a lot of Buddha, Karma and Confucius. He is also a bit of an anarchist...

Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering.

When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.

But I can no longer ready any faith’s Napoleonic saber rattling without picturing smoking rubble on cable news. I guess if I had to pick a spiritual figurehead to possess the deed to the entirety...

The teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible. The religion of Buddha has the capacity to change according to times, a quality which no other religion...

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Someone, somewhere, needs to take courage to break the cycle of violence. Forgiveness is superior to justice. Being kind and compassionate to those who are good to you is easy. True forgiveness and compassion come...

It [enlightenment] has not come to you by means of teaching! And-thus is my thought, oh exalted one,-nobody will obtain salvation by means of teachings! (character of Siddhartha, speaking to the Buddha)

Love one another.” If we took those simple words to heart, we’d already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be.

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.

When all that’s left of us is the pure untainted consciousness without form, we’ll know what it means when the last human breath expires.

Emotion arise from Desire, hence an Illusion.

Embrace nothing:If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha.If you meet your father, kill your father.Only live your life as it is,Not bound to anything.

Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.

Rather than allowing our response to an even affect our breathing, we can learn instead to let our breathing change our relationship to the event.

Ah Buddha, you boastful charlatan. You may have learned nothing after 6 years of suffering, but then what of 7 years? What of 17? What might you have learned from a lifetime of pain? […]...

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

What we call life…is the combination of the Five Aggregates, a combination of physical and mental energies. These are constantly changing; they do not remain the same for two consecutive moments. Every moment they are...

Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than Buddha? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than...

The elements are a way to define what abstract is; and abstract is a taught as like any other than ,what to think? and how to think? and you may begin..

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Zen is the period of time during which a person has true clarity of vision.

The sight of somebody meditating needs to become commonplace.

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection, safety and security, just as a child depends on its parent....