Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes, Buddhist Quotes, Truth Quotes

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

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Long is the night for the sleepless. Long is the road for the weary. Long is samsara (the cycle of continued rebirth) for the foolish, who have not recognised the true teaching.

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There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is to be mindful.

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Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions.

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Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into the path.

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Whatever the hateful do to the hateful, or an enemy to an enemy, worse is the harm of a misguided mind directed at oneself.

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When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive world as we grow up, yet from birth we all have a need for affection. The emotions we experience today have not changed much over the last few thousand years, but the interest increasing numbers of people are showing in their inner world and how their emotions work is a sign of maturity.

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Whether you believe in God or not does not matter much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life.

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"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

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In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil deeds, he disapproves his friend's good deeds, he praises him in his presence, he speaks ill of him in his absence.

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The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.

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Don't become a Buddhist. The world doesn't need Buddhist. Do practice Compassion. The world needs more compassion.

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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.

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The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.

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Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.

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Love is a fleeting emotion, to reach true nirvana one must know themselves and forsake love, for it breeds contempt

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You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.

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Since we became Buddhist, we have lived in peace with them. We did not invade them. We did not want them to invade us. We have never declared war on China.

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It is in this way that I went forth to teach.

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In every trial Let understanding fight for you.

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