Spiritual Growth Quotes

"Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought." "Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being." "What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle." "Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened." "Whatever purifies you is the right path, I will not try to define it." "Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen." "This is the moment I accept the most challenging times will always be behind me and in front of me." "The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest." "There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires." "No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." "Our life is shaped by our mind. We become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves." "Not by rituals and resolutions, nor by much learning, nor by celibacy, nor even by meditation can you find the supreme, immortal joy of nirvana until you extinguish your self-will." "Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first." "She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair." "Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom." "He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest." "A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily."