“Buddhism offers a basic challenge to this cultural worldview. The Buddha taught that this human birth is a precious gift because it… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Buddha was speaking about reality. Reality may be one, in its deepest essence, but Buddha also stated that all propositions about reality… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“The extraction of discrete parts of Chöd teachings from their broader philosophical contexts is symptomatic of how Chöd has been incorporated into… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share Image
“Slowly, slowly, his soul was filled with bitterness at the fact that he had stood a step away from enlightenment, from the… — Dmitry Glukhovsky Copy Share Image
“Karl Marx famously called religion 'the opiate of the masses'. Buddhism, particularly as it is popularly practiced, promises improvement through karma. Islam… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I urge you to sin. But not against these itty-bitty religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism-or their secular derivatives, Marxism, Maoism, Freudianism… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
You must continue to go back to the beginning, to the foundation, and question the foundation. Even once you‘ve reached Samadhi you… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it… So we kid ourselves about death… But there's a better approach. To… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“This is, because that is. This is not, because that is not,” the Buddha taught. All the conditions have come together in… — Dang Nghiem Copy Share Image
“Have you ever had a dream that you were certain was real, only to wake up and realize that everyone and everything… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Dharmas (religions) are of many kinds. There is mansik dharma (religion of the mind) and there are so many stratums to it.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam,… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
People go to mediums and they get in touch with spirits outside of the body. Most of these spirits are pretty malevolent… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“History is full of numerous cases in which good persons were so unfortunate as to die a miserable death or to live… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
I have searched everywhere to find an answer to my question, 'Is there enlightenment?' but have never questioned the search itself. Because… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I want to take you to a place of pure magic... It's the place athletes call the "zone". Buddhists call "satori" and… — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
My mother's a Buddhist. In Buddhism, if you want to achieve enlightenment, you have to do it through meditation and self-improvement through… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
I've dealt with numbers all my life, of course, and after a while you begin to feel that each number has a… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“We are like waves in the ocean, each with a unique character and quality on the surface, but deep down we are… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Excerpt from "The Long Road from Perdition" for the day: "...I've always been drawn to the ocean. It is here that I… — J.R. Stone Copy Share Image
We have to know what is Buddhadharma and what is not Buddhadharma. It needn't go on forever. You don't have to spend… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Many Buddhist teachers have described compassion as the ability to react freely and accurately in any situation. Being nice or feeling sorry… — Issan Dorsey Copy Share Image
“Bhikkhus, the teaching is merely a vehicle to describe the truth. Don’t mistake it for the truth itself. A finger pointing at… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which… — The Buddha Copy Share Image
“No disrespect to the Buddha is intended. If there was a Buddha and he was enlightened, then it’s Buddhism that insults his… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
“Quietism, Buddhism, and other religions, everything which denies the flesh—is the great inferiority to God in ourselves, an escapism seeking sanctuary through… — Austin Osman Spare Copy Share Image
“We are participatory beings who inhabit a participatory reality, seeking relationships that enhance our sense of what it means to be alive.… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“According to my interpretation of Buddhism, our dissatisfaction with life derives from a repression even more immediate than death-terror: the suspicion ‘… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
Often, everywhere we look, we seem to find obstacles and facades and smokescreens, so it was really nice to find things in… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
All of Chinese thinking - Confucianism, Taoism, as well as Buddhism - contains the idea that in the course of life, man… — Richard Wilhelm Copy Share Image
“Far below, making their way through the swinging glass doors, a retinue of Buddhist monks entered the Shopping Center. They approached in… — Jeff Greenwald Copy Share Image
First become a Zorba, a flower of this earth, and earn the capacity through it to become a Buddha - the flower… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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