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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having ceased to be a Christian.
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family.
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
Be gentle with the earth.
Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it's truth that prevails.
I am a Buddhist.
Be a light unto yourself.
Think with your whole body.
I am a simple Buddhist monk.
War is out of date, obsolete.
Sleep is the best meditation.
Attachment leads to suffering.
Don't preach about meditation.
Fill your mind with compassion.
Spend some time alone every day.
Look within, thou art the Buddha.
Real Buddhism is about meditation.
The root of suffering is attachment
Born out of concern for all beings.
Sitting still is a pain in the ass.
Patience has all the time it needs.
You can only lose what you cling to.
After 48 years, I have said nothing.
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
The trouble is you think you have time.
It is our minds that create this world.
My actions are my only true belongings.
Joyful is the accumulation of good work.
It is better to travel well then arrive.
The gift of truth excels all other gifts.
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace
Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
Hunger (for things) is the supreme disease.
Concentrate the mind on the present moment.
I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
Love and serve the world through your work.
I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town.
My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.
O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!
I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple.
Life is available only in the present moment.
It is in this way that I went forth to teach.
Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.
Because you are alive, everything is possible.
My religion is to live and die without regret.