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

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.

Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are...

Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are...

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...

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,...

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...

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 overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does...

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does...

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

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,...

Neither from itself nor from another, Nor from both, Nor without a cause, Does anything...

Neither from itself nor from another, Nor from both, Nor without a cause, Does anything...

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

What she didn't understand, she being spiritual and seeing religion as spirit, was that it...

What she didn't understand, she being spiritual and seeing religion as spirit, was that it...

Dreaming is not enough. You have to go a step further and use your imagination...

Dreaming is not enough. You have to go a step further and use your imagination...

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....