Your favorite Buddha Quotes
A man once told the Buddha "I want happiness". The Buddha replied first remove "I" that's ego. Then remove "want" that's desire and now all you're left with is "happiness".
I am not sure it actually quotes Buddha, but I like it. What are your favorite quotes? It does not necessarily have to be a Buddha or even Buddhist quote as long as it fits the spirit of Buddhism. If you know the author please include that too.
Your favorite Buddha Quotes
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Originally Posted by
Jundo
We did have a recent discussion of how this word "Happiness" in Buddhist contexts is sometimes a bit more subtle in meaning ...
I missed that thread originally. I just read it and there were a lot of great comments. There are so many wise people here :-) I like what you said about happiness being more of a subtle peace and joy that holds us during our ups and downs.
An expectation that our practice can some how give us a constant state of happiness would cause disappointment and confusion when it did not happen. It would cause us frustration and we would waste a lot of time grasping for that delusion in our practice. When we drop the I (the idea of a separate self) and our desires (clinging to delusions like having a constant state of happiness) we find happiness (the subtle joy and peace that comes with accepting all life brings us). Perhaps this is a better explanation of the quote?
Your favorite Buddha Quotes
Has anyone ever made up their own quotes? Please share if you're in to that kind of stuff :) Here is one I thought of yesterday:
Life is like sweet and sour sauce. It is full of both the sweet and the sour, but when we let it settle on our palate it sure is delicious.
(ok maybe a little silly :D but I kind of liked it)