A Level Religious Studies - Buddhism Quotes Page

Buddhism Quotes Page

“All that is arising is subject to cessation.” Buddha

“Subject to decay are all compounded things, so be mindful.” Buddha

“He who sees Dependent Origination, sees the Dharma.” Buddha

One Buddhist scripture states that everything is “vanishing from moment to moment.” “Impermanency of things is the arising, passing and changing of things.”

“Generally understood term.” Buddha. The parts are not the whole, the name is just a “generally understood term” for a collection of parts.

“Where all constituent parts are present the word chariot is applied” Nagasena

“Before their desires are satiated, death takes them away.” Buddha

On Anatta, Denise Cush says “this is the most vital Buddhist concept to grasp.”

“This is not mine, this I am not, this is not myself.” Buddha on the Skandhas.

Snelling argues that anatta “unlocks the door of the cell of individuality and offers freedom.”

“Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering, death is suffering.” Buddha

“I teach suffering and the cessation of suffering.” Buddha

“Whatever is impermanent is subject to change. Whatever is subject to change is subject to suffering.” Buddha

“Calm is his mind, calm is his speech, calm is his behaviour who, rightly knowing is wholly freed, perfectly peaceful and equipoised.” Harvey

“This, monks, is the Holy truth of the cessation of dukkha: the utter cessation without attachment, of that very craving, its renunciation, surrender, release, lack of pleasure in it” Buddha

“That is to say to the cessation of all this mass of ill. It is thus that cessation is Nirvana.” Nagasena, Buddhist scriptures

“It is difficult to understand… beyond abstract reasoning, subtle” Vinaya Pitaka

“I can not do but point the way.” Buddha

“It is intention, oh Monks, that I call karma.” Buddha

“All instruction is but a finger pointing at the moon’ and those whose gaze is fixed upon the pointer, will never see beyond.” Buddha

“When all phenomena are removed, then all ways of describing has also been removed” Keown

Bikkhu Bodhi wrote “when we go for refuge to the Buddha we resort to him as the supreme embodiment of purity, wisdom and compassion, the peerless teacher who can guide us to safety out of the perilous ocean of samsara."

“The island, the refuge, the harbour, the beyond.” Karen Armstrong

“Not the refuge whereby one is freed from all sorrow.” Buddha on taking refuge in things other than the three jewels

“…when we take refuge in the Buddha, we must also understand, the Buddha takes refuge in me. Without the second part, the first is not complete.” Thich Nhat

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought’ it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts.” Dhammapada

Professor Mark Williams says on mindfulness: “it’s allowing ourselves to see the present moment clearly. When we do that, it can positively change the way we see ourselves and our lives.”

Samatha is a “temporary diversion and not a permanent solution to suffering.” Keown, Buddhist: A Very Short Introduction

“To understand the whole truth of the way things are.” Cush on Vipassana

“When you start breathing, your mental state changes” Dalai Lama