Buddhism Quotes

4 quotes

— Do not believe in something simply because you have heard it, Nima.
— But great Lama, Tenzin is my brother. He works inside the tunnel, where the ships are built. But where is in your wisdom, great Lama, if Tenzin is right... what if our world is indeed coming to an end? [Rinpoche responds by pouring tea into Tenzin's cup, causing it to overflow] — It is full, great Rinpoche.
— Like this cup, you are full of opinions and speculations. To see the light of wisdom... you first must empty your cup. [Tosses Nima the truck's keys]
Be careful with the clutch... it tends to slip.

Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

In this wonderful teaching [Tibetan Buddhism], we find the whole of life and death presented together as a series of constantly changing transitional realities known as hardos. The word "bardo" is commonly used to denote the intermediate state between death and rebirth, but in reality bardos are occurring continuously throughout both life and death, and are junctures when the possibility of liberation, or enlightenment, is heightened.