Famous Quotes from Buddhist Sutras

1. When the mind arises, all kinds of dharmas arise; when the mind dies, all kinds of dharmas perish.

2. I don’t care about all things, so why not be surrounded by all things.

3. If you want to know the cause of the past life, the recipient of this life is; if you want to know the result of the next life, the author of this life is.

Four. If you can practice for hundreds of thousands of kalpas with the form of attachment and practice without form for a moment, if you can give up all dharmas, you will suddenly realize the Tao in just a moment.

5. There is no way for misfortunes and blessings, but people call upon themselves. The rewards of good and evil follow each other like a shadow. A house that accumulates good deeds will be blessed, and a house that accumulates bad deeds will be left with disaster.

6. Once you know the illusion, you will be free from it. If you don’t use convenient methods, you will be aware of the illusion immediately. There is no gradual process.

7. Dependent Origination Dharmakāya: All dharmas arise due to causes and conditions. I say they are caused by causes and conditions. When all causes and conditions cease, I say so.

8. Everything in the world is empty. Only its emptiness can accommodate all things.

9. Only what appears in the mind, only what changes in consciousness.

10. This exists, therefore that exists, this arises, therefore that arises; this has no cause, that does not exist, this ceases, therefore that ceases.

11. When the mind is dwelling, it is non-dwelling. There should be no place to live, but to live in the heart.

12. If love is not serious, Saha will not be born, and if thoughts are not single, pure land will not be born.

13. There is nothing more important than reciting the name of the Buddha to purify the mind. Every thought corresponds to the recitation of Buddha, and every thought corresponds to the recitation of Buddha. The name of Buddha is cast into the confused mind, and the confused mind cannot help but be Buddha.

14. If people are not as good as I want, it is because I am immeasurable; if I am not as good as others, it is because I have no virtue.

15. The human body is rare and the Dharma is hard to smell. The human body was hard to come by, but now I have it. The Buddha Dharma is hard to hear, but now I can hear it. This body is not meant to be spent in this life, let alone in any other life.

16. If you think about the world beyond the world, who else should you think of if you don’t think of Amitabha?

17. When you recite Buddha’s name, you see the Buddha, and you become a Buddha. The time of seeking rebirth is the time of passing away, that is, the time of rebirth.

18. A wise man removes his mind but not his circumstances, and a fool removes his circumstances but not his mind. Now that the mind is gone, how can the realm really exist?

19. Observe that the body is impure, that the feelings are painful, that the mind is impermanent, and that the Dharma has no self.

Twenty. Thousands of enlightenments cannot be realized, but it turns out that there is only one Buddha's name.

Twenty-one, it is the mind to be a Buddha, it is the mind to be a Buddha.

Twenty-two. What comes from the outside is not the treasure of the family. Only what comes from the inside can be called true wisdom.

Twenty-three, retribution for good and evil, misfortunes and blessings are inherited, and you are responsible for it, no one can take it for you.

Twenty-four, everything is illusion.

Twenty-five, form is emptiness, emptiness is form.

Twenty-six. Great sadness has no tears, great enlightenment has no words, and laughter has no sound.

Twenty-seven, there is no limit to the sea of ??suffering, but when you turn around, you will reach the shore. Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately.

Twenty-eight. If I don’t go to hell, who will.

Twenty-nine, there is no end to the sea of ??suffering, but when you turn around, you will find the shore.

Thirty, everything is illusion.

31. It cannot be said, it cannot be said.

32. Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately.

Thirty-three, saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda.

Thirty-four, Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the beginning, so how can it cause dust.

Thirty-five, one flower and one world, one leaf and one Bodhi.

36. Fate is created by oneself, appearance is born from the heart, everything in the world is transformed, if the heart does not move, everything will not move, if the heart does not change, everything will not change.

37. One thought of foolishness is the end of Prajna, and one thought of wisdom is the birth of Prajna.

38. The original pure and bright mind is not elsewhere, but in the delusional minds of all living beings.

39. There are clearly six interests in the dream, but after waking up, there is nothing.

40. All conditioned phenomena are like bubbles in a dream, like dew or lightning, and should be viewed as such.

Forty-one. All love encounters are impermanent and hard to come by. There are many fears in this life. Life is in danger of morning dew. From love comes sorrow, from love comes fear. If you are separated from the one you love, you will have no worries. No fear either.

42. When conditions come, they go; when conditions gather, they disperse; when conditions arise, they arise; when conditions fall, they disappear; all things arise because of fate.

Forty-three, the sage seeks the heart but not the Buddha; the fool seeks the Buddha but not the heart.

Forty-four, fate is destined to come, and fate is destined to be taken away by man. Sow the cause, reap the fruit, everything is created by the heart.

Forty-five. Zen while sitting and walking. One flower and one world, one leaf and one Tathagata. When spring comes, the flowers turn green, and when autumn leaves fall, the mind is at ease with endless prajna. The movement of the body is natural in silence.

Forty-six, no self, no one, no sentient beings, no lifespan.

47. All appearances are false. If you see that all forms are non-identical, you will see the Tathagata.

Forty-eight, all dharmas arise due to causes and conditions, and all dharmas cease due to causes and conditions. The Buddha said that all laws of origin and destruction of causes and conditions are empty.

Forty-nine, everything flows, nothing lasts forever.

Fifty, relics, color is not different from emptiness, and emptiness is not different from color. Form is emptiness, emptiness is form, and the same is true for feelings, thoughts, and consciousness. Relics, all dharmas are empty, neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing.