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
My main interest is in the promotion of human values. From birth we have a sense of affection and some sense of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The pathway to enlightenment is beautiful. There are a lot of wonderful things that happen along the way. Win or lose, you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
He led quite a great life, ... He was an Old Testament figure railing against the establishment - a Jewish guy from… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It is our very search for perfection outside of ourselves that causes suffering. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a student of enlightenment your attitude should not be to become enlightened. It should be to learn. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Does Christ commend the famous 'apathy' of the Stoic or the Buddhist elimination of desire? Far from it. The issue is not… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. — Gautama Buddha 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
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge;… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
He whose inflowing thoughts are dried up, who is unattached to food, whose dwelling place is an empty and imageless release -… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Perhaps you're not the next Buddha. Perhaps you're not the Maitreya. Perhaps that's not your job in this incarnation. Perhaps you have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form" states the Heart Sutra, one of the best known ancient Buddhist texts. The essence of all… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
What is dangerous about the far right is not that it takes religion seriously - most of us do - but rather… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
On a spiritual level, on a place where you want to be a better human being and listen more, I try. I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
We'd rather have faithful Jews, Baptists or Buddhists than some of the Catholics who nearly run you over in the parking lot… — George Patterson Copy Share Image
