Buddhism Compassion Quotes

#1. In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.

Masao Abe

#2. We don't need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

Sharon Salzberg

#3. I draw a lot from Buddhism, which focuses on compassion and kindness, loving kindness, as they call it, but rejects empathy because it's a poor moral guide. And I think there's a lot of evidence suggesting that they're right.

Paul Bloom

#4. The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns
of fear & jealousy.

Sharon Salzberg

#5. While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.

Sharon Salzberg

#6. True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.

Tsoknyi Rinpoche

#7. In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this is. We can touch with great compassion the pain from the contracted identities that we and others have created in the world.

Jack Kornfield

#8. By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.

Sharon Salzberg

#9. We have to be in the present time, because only the present is real, only in the present can we be alive. We do not practice for the sake of the future, to be reborn in a paradise, but to be peace, to be compassion, to be joy right now.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#10. If we develop a good heart we will progress to true compassion, and awaken Bodhicitta. This is the way of the Buddha's method.

Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

#11. Compassion is not complete if it does not include oneself.

Allan Lokos

#12. We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

Sharon Salzberg

#13. There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.

Dalai Lama

#14. Rage - whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders' insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us - is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce compassion.

Bonnie Myotai Treace

#15. Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

Sharon Salzberg

#16. The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.

Allan Lokos

#17. Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

Sharon Salzberg

#18. Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.

Sharon Salzberg

#19. Patience is a natural consequence of the cultivation of compassion & love, for ourselves and all beings.

Allan Lokos

#20. With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love should be.

Sharon Salzberg

#21. The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it.

Allan Lokos

#22. True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.

Allan Lokos

#23. Buddhism is more a philosophy for living rather than a religion or dogma - it's about being awake, free from illusions and fear, so that compassion and loving kindness permeates all of our relationships.

Charlotte Kasl

#24. To forgive does not mean to condone.

Allan Lokos

#25. There was something important being overlooked, they argued, in the mainstreaming of meditation - a central plank in the Buddhist platform: compassion.

Dan Harris

#26. Hate is the last refuge of the ignorant. Love is the medicine. Compassion is the gift of the awakened ones.

Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

#27. We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again

Sharon Salzberg

#28. The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

Sharon Salzberg

#29. To eliminate the inner turmoil we must focus our attention inward and act with loving kindness to ourselves - and each other.

Michelle Cruz-Rosado

#30. Patience has all the time it needs.

Allan Lokos

#31. Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we're adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.

Sharon Salzberg

#32. Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.

Sharon Salzberg

#33. To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

Sharon Salzberg

#34. Buddhism cannot be true to itself until Buddhists resolve their ambivalence toward nonhuman animals and extend the full protection of their compassion to the most harmless and helpless of those who live at our mercy in the visible realms.

Norm Phelps

#35. Your emotional understanding about the preciousness of your human birth comes through conscious, repetitive mind training.

Tsoknyi Rinpoche

#36. We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.

Sharon Salzberg

#37. Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.

Sharon Salzberg

#38. Inner peace doesn't have to be religious, spiritual, or impossible. It simply means you think and act with clarity and compassion--no longer conquered by the storms of the mind.

Janice Anderson

#39. The experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral is the consequences of perception.

Allan Lokos

#40. Observe & accept what ever arises & know that everything is as it needs to be.

Allan Lokos

#41. Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.

Karen Armstrong

#42. Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.

Sharon Salzberg

#43. Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are.

Allan Lokos

#44. Our greatest happiness comes from the experience of love & compassion.

Allan Lokos

#45. The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion.

Allan Lokos

#46. Technology offers us a unique opportunity, though rarely welcome, to practice patience.

Allan Lokos

#47. The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.

Allan Lokos

#48. To be mindful entails examining the path we are traveling & making choices that alleviate suffering & bring happiness to ourselves & those around us.

Allan Lokos

#49. Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn't dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful - and a huge relief.

Sharon Salzberg

#50. No one looks or feels attractive when angry.

Allan Lokos

#51. The manifestation of the free mind is said to be lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.

Sharon Salzberg

#52. Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear.

Allan Lokos

#53. While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.

Allan Lokos

#54. You cannot control the results, only your actions.

Allan Lokos

#55. As long as we practice with a vow to help others, we are the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion, and we become the leading figure in the Heart Sutra, whether we are a layperson or are ordained, whether whether celibate or married, living in the monastery or living in secular society.

Dosung Yoo

#56. One who is patient glows with an inner radiance.

Allan Lokos

#57. To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.

Allan Lokos

#58. Ultimately humanity is one, and this small planet is our only home. If we're to protect this home of ours, each of us needs to experience a vivid sense of universal altruism and compassion.

Dalai Lama XIV

#59. Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease.

Allan Lokos

#60. Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

Dalai Lama XIV

#61. Buddhism is really, one of its main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness.

Goldie Hawn

#62. Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.

Sharon Salzberg

#63. Peace can be found within, no matter the external circumstances.

Allan Lokos