Quotes by Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada

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The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism — Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the — Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
There is no unmoving mover behind the movement. It is only movement. It is not correct to say that life is moving, but l — Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
What we call life...is the combination of the Five Aggregates, a combination of physical and mental energies. These are — Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
The name one gives is inessential.What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet. — Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ). — Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has cre — Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada