Top 100 Quotes About Dharma
#1. Sometimes you have tons of money, and still you are miserable, you are not satisfied. The bow of gratitude and arrow of mercy will give you everything. Gratitude will turn your attitude into mercy, mercy will bring you dharma, and dharma will give you solid prosperity.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
#2. All that's visible springs from causes intimate to you. While walking, sitting, lying down, the body itself is complete truth. If someone asks the inner meaning of this: Inside the treasury of dharma eye a single grain of dust.
Dogen
#3. Asuras are not bad people; they just have an understanding of dharma that is not valid for today's world. Sometimes, the followers are good but the leaders let them down.
Amish Tripathi
#4. When you make 'adjustments' with everyone, that indeed is the highest of all religion (dharma).
Dada Bhagwan
#5. Have your life properly aligned with dharma. The technicalities of the movement of the kundalini are easy to master. Dharma is much more complex.
Frederick Lenz
#7. Most of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent only needs to guide and step aside and let them fulfill their dharma. Help children remember that they can do or be anything.
Wayne Dyer
#9. When you are following dharma, you will be happy, at peace, still inside. There will be a sense of purpose to your life. Difficulties will not seem unconquerable.
Frederick Lenz
#10. A monk is holy and great until he starts teaching you the real Dharma
Tsem Tulku
#11. Buddha also said that the Dharma, like a bird, needs two wings to fly, and that the wing that balances Wisdom is compassion.
Sylvia Boorstein
#12. Happiness does not come from external objects. It comes from peace of mind. You can be famous; you can be a king, a queen, anything. It does not necessarily bring happiness or peace of mind. It comes about through following dharma.
Frederick Lenz
#13. That which is right is different for each one of us in each situation. There isn't a moral code that I or anyone can lay down that will tell you what your dharma is.
Frederick Lenz
#14. True zazen is surrendering every moment. But surrendering to what? It really does not matter what we call it: God or the Tao or the Dharma or the Buddha or our true nature ... It is the act of letting go, of surrendering, that matters. The very act of letting go opens us up completely.
Dennis Merzel
#15. Eternity gives life to all and sustains all, transforms all on the wheel of dharma - until all attain perfection.
Frederick Lenz
#17. Truth is man's nature; to be untrue is to be false to one's nature. dharma (Right Action) is the practical application in real life of the ideal of truth. Shanthi (Peace) is the result of Dharma and Preme (Love) is the sffulgence of Shanthi.
Sathya Sai Baba
#18. Dharma is the study of what is, and the only way you can find out what is true is through studying yourself.
Pema Chodron
#19. The original reality of Amitabha is our own Dharma body, It shines out brightly everywhere, in the South, North, East, and West, It is like the autumn moon that lies in the high, vast sky, In the silence of the night its brilliance shines far over the ocean.
Thich Nhat Hanh
#20. Those who regard worldly affairs as a hindrance to buddha dharma think only that there is no buddha dharma in the secular world; they do not understand that there is no secular world in buddha dharma.
Dogen
#21. The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.
Ajahn Chah
#22. Ahimsa is the height of Kshatriya dharma as it represents the climax of fearlessness.
Mahatma Gandhi
#23. Make the dharma personal, explore it wholeheartedly, and relax.
Pema Chodron
#24. What is drama, and what is dharma? I guess you could say drama is illusion that acts like truth, and dharma is truth itself - the way things are, the basic state of reality that does not change from day to day according to fashion or our mood or agenda.
Ponlop Rinpoche, Dzogchen
#25. A way of spreading the dharma is just telling people, sharing with them your experiences. Never push it, never be a missionary. Be completely selfless; realize you're only an instrument of eternity.
Frederick Lenz
#26. The # zodiac sign on the # Ascendant normally tells us much concerning the dharma of the individual - that is, the central potentiality which the person should seek consciously to actualize as a vessel or lens through which the Divine may act.
Dane Rudhyar
#27. Naturally, to follow dharma, we have to find out what it is. You have to struggle with it. The answer will not come easily. You will be swayed by your desires, conditioning, and those around you who have ideas about what you should do, what is proper, what is improper.
Frederick Lenz
#28. If you work an extra ten hours to help spread the dharma, this will cause for much faster progression. You're doing something for a higher cause, for a higher ideal.
Frederick Lenz
#29. There is no dharma greater than a word uttered by a man of conscience; there is no karma greater than a man listening to himself! Since an intention precedes action, it should be the reference point for any action.
Thiruman Archunan
#30. Sit down and make a list of the answers to these two questions: Ask yourself, if money was no concern and you had all the time and money in the world, what would you do? If you would still do what you currently do, then you are in dharma, because you have passion for what you do
Deepak Chopra
#31. Dharma is one and one only. Ahimsa means moksha, and moksha is the realization of Truth.
Mahatma Gandhi
#32. No penance is greater than the one done for maintaining peace, no happiness is better than the one received from satisfaction, no disease is more damaging than greed and no Dharma is better than the one having compassion for all.
B.K. Chaturvedi
#33. Dharma simply means the right thing in the right place, in the right space.
Frederick Lenz
#34. When we shout at the oak tree, the oak tree is not offended. When we praise the oak tree, it doesn't raise its nose. We can learn the Dharma from the oak tree; therefore, the oak tree is part of our Dharmakaya. We can learn from everything that is around, that is in us.
Nhat Hanh
#35. Survival is the biggest dharma. The scriptures say, nothing is a sin during danger. It is called apat dharma. Think
Anand Neelakantan
#36. If we see pride among people who have no idea about Dharma, it is understandable. However, if afflictive emotions and haughtiness are present among Dharma practitioners, it is great disgrace to practice
Dalai Lama
#37. The calligraphy reads, "Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha." Listening to talks about the dharma, or the teachings of Buddha, or practicing meditation is nothing other than studying ourselves.
Pema Chodron
#38. Feel the wind. This wind blows from world to world and from life to death. This is the wind of dharma. Be in love with the wind. It is an intimate lover. It enraptures you. It blows you through eternity.
Frederick Lenz
#39. So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with.
Joseph Jarman
#40. Practicing Dharma is the supreme method for improving the quality of our human life.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
#41. Why is he so mad about white tiled sinks and 'kitchen machinery' he calls it? People have good hearts whether or not they live like Dharma Bums.
Jack Kerouac
#42. Dharma is a sanskrit word. It simply means that which is right, that which is correct, that which is the divine law.
Frederick Lenz
#43. Buddhas continue to live on through their teachings as dharma bodies. Their spirits become manifest in the sangha (spiritual community) where their teachings are passed on.
Shinjo Ito
#44. Your word is not above the law
If your word of honour is in conflict with the law, then you must break your word and take dishonour upon your name, said Vasishta. That is dharma
Amish Tripathi
#45. By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained.
Chanakya
#46. For me the protection of Planet Earth, the survival of all species and the sustainability of our ecosystems is more than a mission. It is my religion and my dharma.
Rajendra K. Pachauri
#47. What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
Radhanath Swami
#48. We are here to start an era, to start an Age, to celebrate the transition from the Piscean Age into the Aquarian Age. We are here to celebrate that. We are the pioneers. We are the pioneers of the Dharma. Let's bow our heads in prayer and let us open our hearts.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
#49. Dharma is precisely this 'discipline of ordered existence', a 'belief system that restrains and gives coherence to desires.
Gurcharan Das
#50. Saints guide people on the path of religion [dharma] and the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] grants 'liberation' (moksha).
Dada Bhagwan
#51. To preserve the integrity of the tradition, we have to distinguish between what is central to that integrity and what is peripheral. We have to discern between what elements are vital for the survival of dharma practice and what are alien cultural artefacts that might obstruct that survival.
Stephen Batchelor
#52. Dharma must not only domesticate nature, it also needs to ensure there is harmony between nature and culture.
Devdutt Pattanaik
#53. Everything knows what is best for itself. That is what the Sanskrit word dharma means. Dharma means the best of all possible actions.
Frederick Lenz
#54. Inside the treasury of the dharma eye a single grain of dust.
Dogen
#55. You live in Ram's kingdom, hold your head high. Fight for justice. Treat all as equal. Protect the weak. Know that dharma is above all. Hold your head high, You live in the kingdom of Ram.
Amish Tripathi
#56. Sathya, Dharma, Shanghai and prema are the hall-marks of a purified heart, a heart where God is enshrined and is manifest.
Sathya Sai Baba
#57. A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.
Amish Tripathi
#58. Each time the dharma moved into a different civilization or historical period, it faced a twofold challenge: to maintain its integrity as an internally coherent tradition, and to express its vision in a way that responded to the needs of the new situation.
Stephen Batchelor
#59. Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.
Dogen
#60. I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast. I loved playing Dharma. I loved it!
Jenna Elfman
#61. To not follow the dharma, either intentionally or through lack of awareness, creates a very low level of attention. In this low level of attention we make all kinds of mistakes and we are unhappy no matter what good fortune befalls us.
Frederick Lenz
#62. Everyone can only succeed with their own Dharma.
Anni Sennov
#63. Beyond learning and unlearning is awareness, and beyond awareness is consciousness, and beyond consciousness is immortality, and beyond immortality is dharma and beyond dharma is nirvana.
Frederick Lenz
#64. Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart.
Mahatma Gandhi
#65. Dharma matih udgritah; dharma is that which is well judged by your mind; think deeply about dharma and your mind will tell you what is right.
Amish Tripathi
#67. It's vital always to bear in mind that we practise for the sake of all other beings, and that the enormity of this aspiration is what makes dharma practice both extremely powerful and inexhaustible, virtually guaranteeing that the result will be infinitely beneficial.
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
#68. Don't worry about techniques. Don't worry about chakras. Instead, concern yourself with finding the dharma and meditate. Then the kundalini will release.
Frederick Lenz
#69. Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.
Swami Vivekananda
#70. In monasteries of old, the monk's dharma, his purpose in life, was said to be this: to support the choir. In Latin, propter chorum. Literally, his life was lived "in support of the choir." He was not a soloist. He was not a diva. He was part of a magnificent whole.
Stephen Cope
#71. It is necessary first in the practice of Kundalini yoga to determine what the dharma is. There is a dharma for you.
Frederick Lenz
#72. My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.
Mahatma Gandhi
#73. There's something so sweet about being on your yoga mat, whether that be at Jivamukti, Dharma Mittra, or in my living room.
Stephanie Ellis
#74. The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
Ajahn Chah
#75. Self-reflection is the gateway to freedom. It also brings greater appreciation and enjoyment. We begin to enjoy spending time with our own mind, and we enjoy reflecting on our experience of the teachings. Like the sun emerging from behind the clouds, the teachings of the dharma become clear.
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
#76. Dharma is the Truth that all of existence is. It does not disagree with anything. It is the perception of existence in its purest formlessness.
Frederick Lenz
#77. TURNING YOUR MIND toward the dharma does not bring security or confirmation. Turning your mind toward the dharma does not bring any ground to stand on. In fact, when your mind turns toward the dharma, you fearlessly acknowledge impermanence and change and begin to get the knack of hopelessness.
Pema Chodron
#78. By the dharma is meant the heart, for there is no dharma apart from the heart.
Huangbo Xiyun
#79. Wisdom is the ability to realize that everyone has their own dharma, everyone goes their own way. What works for you is not the ultimate good. Know that other people have different way.
Frederick Lenz
#80. I know what my dharma is: I'm supposed to be an actor.
Brie Larson
#81. The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it.
Allan Lokos
#82. What we do outwardly will only interrupt the flow of our perfect attention is it is not in harmony with the dharma.
Frederick Lenz
#83. Let our lives be firmly rooted in Truth. Abstain from lies. In this dark age of materialism, adherence to truth is the greatest austerity. We might have to tell lies now and then to protect somebody or to sustain dharma, but we must be careful not to speak lies for our own selfish purposes.
Mata Amritanandamayi
#84. What should a man strive for? Kama - love, dharma - duty, artha - wealth, and moksha - salvation.
Ashwin Sanghi
#85. When you understand dharma, when you see its perfect perfection, shining both in and beyond all things, you will be freed from all misunderstandings.
Frederick Lenz
#86. As a businessman, my dharma is to cater to every taste of my viewer.
Subhash Chandra
#87. The greatest religion [dharma] is that we keep everyone pleased.
Dada Bhagwan
#88. Do not practice buddha-dharma with the thought that it is to benefit others.
Dogen
#89. The gift of Dharma surpasses all gifts. The taste of Dharma surpasses all tastes. The delight in Dharma surpasses all delights. The destruction of craving conquers all suffering.
Gil Fronsdal
#90. Souls have different journeys. The best thing to know is, not what everybody else does, but what you do. Self-discovery essentially is finding your own dharma, your own rhythm.
Frederick Lenz
#91. The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?"
Frederick Lenz
#92. Religion (Dharma) begins with an obliging nature.
Dada Bhagwan
#93. Religion [dharma] is that where there is no irreligion (adharma, immorality). Religion cannot exist where there is irreligion. There can be only one or the other. Behind every intention, there is either [the force of] religion or [the force of] irreligion.
Dada Bhagwan
#94. The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
Ramakrishna
#95. Simply put, DHARMA is Dhya (Aim) mein (unto) raman (walkabout) - Sojourn Unto the [Ultimate] Aim [the Truth of What Is- God].
Fakeer Ishavardas
#96. Following dharma puts you in a proper field of attention. In a proper field of attention, regardless of what your outer circumstances are, happiness will flow.
Frederick Lenz
#97. A person who follows the dharma is unpredictable because the dharma is unpredictable.
Robert M. Pirsig
#98. In Buddhism we also interprete Dharma to mean 'cessation,' as in the end of dissatisfaction, the end of dukkha. This is the purpose of Buddha's teachings.
David Michie
#99. One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself. This, in brief, is the law of dharma. - Mahabharata XVIII.113.8
Gurcharan Das
#100. Where there is Dharma there is no karma. So we have to lean on Dharmic values and we have to build a Dharmic family, we have to relate to that family and we have to relate to it deeply.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
