Beautiful Sentences from Buddhist Scriptures
The exquisite sentences from Buddhist scriptures
Minimalist Zen
In wind and rain, grain ripens, all sentient beings are free from illness and joy.
Wherever there is turning, arise compassion.
Maintain the lamp, continue its brilliance, illuminate all life.
Uphold oneself with dignity, so that all sentient beings, like myself, are not different.
One's own light burns brightly, illuminating boundless and infinite worlds.
The body is like crystal, clear both inside and out.
I shall uphold the Buddha's land.
All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, and bubbles.
Like dew, like lightning, observe as such.
A good teacher, a fool is a Buddha, defilement is enlightenment.
When one attains enlightenment, all beings are Buddha, therefore know that all laws reside within oneself.
The world is empty, containing all forms and colors. The sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, grass, forests, good and evil people, good and evil deeds, heaven and hell – all exist within emptiness. The nature of the world is empty, and so it is.
All appearances are illusory.
If one sees through the illusions, one sees the Buddha.
Source (Minimalist Zen ID: chan99mini)
