The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.
S. N. GoenkaThe Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.
S. N. GoenkaGrasping at things can only yield one of two results: Either the thing you are grasping at disappears, or you yourself disappear. It is only a matter of which occurs first.
S. N. GoenkaI am against conversion (to Buddhism). In my speech at UN, the first thing I said was that I am for conversion, but not from one organised religion to another, but from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.
S. N. GoenkaWe cannot live in the past; it is gone. Nor can we live in the future; it is forever beyond our grasp. We can live only in the present. If we are unaware of our present actions, we are condemned to repeating the mistakes of the past and can never succeed in attaining our dreams for the future.
S. N. Goenka