'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught… — Akkineni Nagarjuna Copy Share Image
To an experienced Zen Buddhist, asking if one believes in Zen or one believes in the Buddha, sounds a little ludicrous, like… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
What's important is to be supportive of all who practice. Anyone on any level, even if they don't call it self-discovery, who… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In New York we have streets exploding and innocent Buddhist girls being stabbed in the neck and cabdrivers refusing to help her.… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Jesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I've noticed that the more flooding there is, the more bullshit gets talked. I mean it was very noticeable in the Asian… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth." "Um, okay. So what is it?" "Suffering," she said. "Doing wrong and having… — John Green Copy Share Image
I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate: I'm a woman; I'll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the… — Mazie Hirono Copy Share Image
“War can condition a person to be resilient, tolerant, dependable, strong, and capable of so much more than one who had experienced… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
One of the ideas that runs through this book [Lincoln in the Bardo] is this Buddhist notion that the mind is incredibly… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist point of view, the first thing to help is yourself, to get your own mind together. And to really… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Religion is one of the most important forces in the world. Whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Another of the things I started to do during this time was what Buddhists normally call "meditation" or, in Christian terms, "contemplative… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
One of the basic points is kindness. With kindness, with love and compassion, with his feeling that is the essence of brotherhood,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
[Someone] said that what I described as the Buddhist voice - the life-denying voice of censure and guilt - sounded to him… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Meditation helps me feel the shape, the texture of my inner life. Here, in the quiet, I can begin to taste what… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
The Christian pities men because they are dying, and the Buddhist pities them because they are living. The Christian is sorry for… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“We walk on frosted ground praising chrysanthemums bordering fields; sit on the edge of the woods waiting for the moon to rise.… — Chia Tao Copy Share Image
I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he… — Barbara Olson Copy Share Image
The many factors which divide us are actually much more superficial than those we share. Despite all of the things that differentiate… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Cause and effect, in the Buddhist sense, though. Any action you undertake creates a seed that will sprout when the conditions are… — Jacquie Underdown Copy Share Image
When ever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Studying with a teacher doesn't simply mean going to an occasional seminar or Zen retreat. It means fully applying yourself to what… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The best part of all is that no matter how long you practice, or what method you use, every technique of Buddhist… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
As Buddhist monks, our task is to bring ourselves resolutely more and more into light, to forgive and forget, to forget those… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
In the Buddhist learning process, we say three stages. The first is hearing, the second is contemplation, and the third is meditation. — Lobsang Tenzin Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by Buddhism. I adore Buddhism, and I read about it all the time, but I haven't formally become a Buddhist,… — John Burdett Copy Share Image
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