Gyomay M. Kubose > Quotes

“Modern man has too many masks to wear. We must unmask and be ourselves, sincerely, earnestly and live truly as we are,”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“May we be free of the tyranny of our expectations of others.”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“When we are truly able to see and understand life, its reality, its value and beauty as well as its troubles, we are able to accept life dynamically and walk its path with appreciation and gratitude. This way of life is Buddhism.”
― Gyomay M Kubose

“Enlightenment was not just Gautama Buddha's, but you too, individually, must find this new perspective of life, this new point of view in your life and in all things.”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“In each time, in each place, in each life, there is absolute value and beauty”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“Acceptance IS transcendence.”
― Gyomay M Kubose

“What we usually think of as the self is very temporal and an illusion.”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, The Center Within

“In the nembutsu we see and feel the Buddha everywhere and in everything. Life itself becomes the unfolding of Buddha”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“There is no "I" as such apart from others.”
― Gyomay M Kubose

“Concepts are not real things; a conceptualized world is a dead world. Living actualities lose their life when put into concepts.”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“Forget self pity, live life! Be the artist of your own life.”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“...“living in oneness with Buddha’s teaching, is a creative life in which everything becomes meaningful.”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“We do not understand that we are literally able to live and enjoy life only because of other people and things. If one really understands this truth, he cannot help but become humble and appreciate others.”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“It is a great mistake to say ”Conquer it,” for we can never conquer nature; we can only harmonize with it.”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“We must find the way of love rather than that of being loved.”
― Gyomay M. Kubose, Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living

“Everything changes; nothing is permanent.”
― Gyomay M Kubose

“Only when I see myself truly is Gautama Buddha is present in me.”
― Gyomay M Kubose

“Enlightenment was not just Gautama Buddha's, but you too, individually, must find this new perspective of life, this new point of view in your life and in all things." -”
― Gyomay M Kubose

“Oneness and individuality coexist. There is no question about the importance and uniqueness of each individual life. However, difference is no difference. The very difference is equality, is one.”
― Gyomay M Kubose

“The reality of nature, the reality of life is oneness. But we humans have such a strong egotistic nature. We are the ones who create dualism; we are the ones who talk about two sides: front and back, right and wrong, me and you. As soon as life is dichotomized, tension is created.”
― Gyomay M Kubose