We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.

Quote by Kalu Rinpoche

Topics: Buddhism Quotes, Spirituality Quotes

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up....

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up....

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a...

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a...

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

Do not think of how big the universe is, it will merely hurt your head.

Do not think of how big the universe is, it will merely hurt your head.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

People can be free from suffering if people give up selfish desires for power, wealth,...

People can be free from suffering if people give up selfish desires for power, wealth,...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Who can say with certainty that they will live to see tomorrow?

Who can say with certainty that they will live to see tomorrow?

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.

Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

When god created the horse, he said to the magnificent creature: I have made thee...

When god created the horse, he said to the magnificent creature: I have made thee...