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To reflect on everything in daily life is to nurture your buddha nature. -- Shinjo Ito
...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . . -- Sogyal Rinpoche
Wordless is not the same of expressionless. All phenomenon of the universe, audible and inaudible, tangible and intangible, sentient and insentient, are the clear and ceaseless expression of the buddha nature. -- John Daido Loori
Buddha nature is not something that we possess, nor is it something we can be. It is the nature of things, just as they are. To realize our buddha nature, to live in accord with this awakening, is the truth that alleviates suffering in the world. -- Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
Ignorance, vulnerability, fear, anger, and desire are expressions of the infinite potential of your buddha nature. There's nothing inherently wrong or right with making such choices. The fruit of Buddhist practice is simply the recognition that these and other mental afflictions are nothing more or less than choices available to us because our real nature is infinite in scope. -- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
People walking? Karma walking ... Buddha nature walking..! -- Frederick Franck
Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves. -- Dogen
Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha's buddha nature. -- Sogyal Rinpoche
If you want to find Buddha nature, love someone and care for them. -- Dainin Katagiri
Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form. -- Bodhidharma
Since everything is already the Supreme Buddha Nature, where are you going to find it? -- Adyashanti
Nothing burns in hell but ego" says Tauler. Does anything live but Buddha Nature, Christ Spirit? -- Frederick Franck
There is no self, yet we all exist. All phenomena are "empty," yet they have Buddha nature. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away? -- Shunryu Suzuki
Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That's why Buddhism teaches us to refrain from killing and to liberate creatures instead. -- Hsuan Hua
Buddha nature, is like the sun which is always shining, always present, though often obscured. We are blocked from our natural light by the clouds of thought and longing and fear; the overcast of the conditioned mind; the hurricane of I am. -- Stephen Levine
The root-word "buddha" means to wake up, to know, to understand; and he or she who wakes up and understands is call a Buddha. It is as simple as that. The capacity to wake up, to understand, and to love is called Buddha nature. -- Nhat Hanh
All sentient beings - all holons in fact - contain Buddha-nature - contain depth, consciousness, intrinsic value, Spirit - and thus we are all members of the council of all beings... And the ultimate objective truth is that all beings are perfect manifestations of Spirit or Emptiness -- Ken Wilber
What I believe is that we have this extraordinary spirit inside ourselves, which for me is our Buddha nature. I believe we are in the process of opening and getting closer and closer to our Buddha nature and stripping away all that is covering it. I don't think I'm going to end up meeting this one being up there or out there. -- Eve Ensler
If we do not control our minds with our Buddha nature, do not practice seriously, are not honest to ourselves and do not examine our behaviors strictly, we will definitely be possessed by Maya. Being possessed does not necessary mean that we become delirious or our faces become horribly distorted. When we do not walk on the right path, we will be walking on Maya's path. -- Ching Hai
Your nature is the Buddha. -- Bodhidharma
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature. -- Bodhidharma
When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, as the Buddha says, that's the nature of being human and wanting stuff we don't always get. -- Mary Karr
Nature, God, Buddha - someone has given me this health. I can break dance still; I can run; I can play basketball. In my mind, I can do anything. As long as I have that spirit, I'm going to keep doing it. -- James Hong
The Buddha said that samsara by its nature is painful. He didn't say it was a joyride. -- Tenzin Palmo
There is no self, yet we all exist. All phenomena are "empty," yet they have Buddha nature. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity. -- Tenzin Palmo
When you're blind to your own nature, the Buddha is an ordinary being. When you're aware of your own nature, an ordinary being is the Buddha. -- Bill Porter
What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature we all possess. -- Shinjo Ito
As human beings we have the same experience of destructive and constructive emotions. We also have a human mind capable of developing wisdom. We all have the same Buddha nature. -- Dalai Lama
The Buddha-nature which is ours from the very beginning is like the sun which emerges from the clouds, or like a mirror which, when rubbed, regains its original purity and clarity. (217) -- Edward Conze
For so many centuries women have been suppressed and regarded as inferior. And that of course is not right at all, that we all have buddha-nature - so what's the difference? -- Tenzin Palmo
All living beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas. -- Gautama Buddha

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