A Buddhist monk has a responsibility first and foremost to themselves, and that's to find the truth each day in every part… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People came as immigrants from all over the world, and Hindu and Muslim and Buddhist and Sikh communities became part of the… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I do some compassionate mindfulness every day. It's like a Buddhist thing. I tell myself that I'm doing a good job, that… — Maria Bamford Copy Share Image
Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The creatures that inhabit this earth--be they human beings or animals--are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice… — Joseph Jarman Copy Share Image
We cannot avoid the globalization of knowledge and information. When I was a boy growing up in Kansas, I could never think… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Man must have results, real results, in his inner and outer life. I do not mean the results which modern people strive… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
There are many graphic artists who have interpreted The Ancient One as a Tibetan Buddhist Lama, we're kind of shifting that a… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
In today’s interconnected and globalized world, it is now commonplace for people of dissimilar world views, faiths and races to live side… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it… — Ajahn Brahm Copy Share Image
It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
they have no business administering government policies in a country that favors freedom and equality. ... Can you imagine having the Ayatollah… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
“No matter how hard I tried, I was incapable of giving more importance to a hypothetical, post-mortem existence than to this very… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
The perfect man of pagans was the perfection of the man there is; the perfect man of christians, the perfection of the… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
It is very important to always hold the thought of an enlightened teacher in your mind in a very positive way. When… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In many traditions, the world was sung into being: Aboriginal Australians believe their ancestors did so. In Hindu and Buddhist thought, Om… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Buddhism suggests there are no elect. Everything rests upon your own self-effort, which is the good news because that means you don't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The Buddha's teaching leads us to the realization that we must always strive to harm no sentient being, human or nonhuman, whether… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People who are advanced meditators don't worry about liberation and self-realization; they instead are interested in the welfare of others and aiding… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As Buddhist teachers often point out, knowledge, in the sense of prajña, is not knowledge about anything. There is no abstract knower… — Francisco Varela Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the Enlightenment Cycle, of the ways that inner dimensions and nirvana work, lifts you far above the transient sorrows, pains,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It seems the guys who are best at sex approach it with the serenity of a Buddhist monk. They are never going… — Roberto Hogue Copy Share Image
What makes a difference is when we take our mind and put it into the scriptures, when we read the Buddhist Canon,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is ironic that Samuel Berger learned of this espionage in exactly the same month that Al Gore was attending his now… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
I am a reformed Taoist, part-time Buddhist, Hindu, animist, pagan, Jewish mystic, and Christian. I always got along great with priests and… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When one drives away the negligent through vigilance, he climbs the heights of wisdom, and can see the suffering masses. Serene, you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: "Are you a God?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a saint?" "No,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Can you control your anger, lust, frustrations, and jealousies? Those are the only people worthy of the higher teachings. By worthy, I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When it is impossible for anger to arise within you, you find no outside enemies anywhere. An outside enemy exists only if… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Copy Share Image