Buddhist Meditation Quotes:

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Buddhist Monk, Meditation Mindfulness

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Happiness, Always Happy, Inner Peace And Happiness

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

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Karma, Buddhist, Attitude, Indian, Inner Happiness

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Motivational, Peace, Self Esteem, Outer Worlds, Peacefulness

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

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Inspiring, Wise, Buddhist, Someone Who Is Dying, Inspirational Buddhist

What you think you become.

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Power Of The Mind, Inspirational Buddhist

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Success, God, Kindness And Compassion, Kindness Generosity

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

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Positive, Inspiring, Wise, Inspirational Buddhist, Life Is Changing

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.

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Inspirational, Success, Atheist, Inspirational Buddhist, Nothing Matters

Are you experiencing restlessness? Stay! Are fear and loathing out of control? Stay! Aching knees and throbbing back? Stay! What's for lunch? Stay! I can't stand this another minute! Stay!

- Pema Chodron

source: Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.36, Shambhala Publications

topic: Inspiration, Practice, Lunch, Mindful Living, Restlessness

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.

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Positive, Dog, Buddhist, Wise Buddhist, Good Dog

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Friendship, Good Morning, Meaningful, Meaningful Friendship, Beautiful Day

Buddhist meditation doen't necessarily mean sitting cross-legged with your eyes closed. Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world as you go about your business - walking, talking, shopping, whatever - can be a really perfect meditation and bring a perfect result.

- Thubten Yeshe

topic: Buddhist, Mean, Eye, Buddhist Meditation

While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work as a therapist has shown me that the demands of intimate life can be just as useful as meditation in moving people toward this capacity. Just as in formal meditation, intimate relationships teach us that the more we relate to each other as objects, the greater our disappointment. The trick, as in meditation, is to use this disappointment to change the way we relate.

- Mark Epstein

source: Mark Epstein (2006). “Open to Desire: The Truth About What the Buddha Taught”, p.89, Penguin

topic: Buddhist, Disappointment, Moving, Buddhist Meditation

The best part of all is that no matter how long you practice, or what method you use, every technique of Buddhist meditation ultimately generates compassion.

- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

topic: Buddhist, Compassion, Practice, Buddhist Meditation

Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice in Buddhist meditation.

- Nhat Hanh

topic: Buddhist, Meditation, Perception, Buddhist Meditation

The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking, for cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination. What needs to be stopped is conceptualisation that is compulsive, mechanical and unintelligent, that is, activity that is always fatiguing, usually pointless, and at times seriously harmful.

- B. Alan Wallace

source: "Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up: A Practical Approach for Modern Life". Book by B. Alan Wallace, 1993.

topic: Buddhist, Intelligent, Thinking, Buddhist Meditation, Unintelligent