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
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
“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
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
[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
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
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
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
“In other words, in their own ways, both systems basically attempt to follow the Buddha in addressing the same fundamental problem of… — Karl Brunnholzl 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
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in… — Milarepa 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
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
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
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
Nonetheless, I'm not sure this entirely accounts for my Buddhist voice, which tells me forever to give up writing, to give up… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
No Buddhist, no Christian, no Hindu. Deeply religious people have no religion. They belong to no seat, theirs is the religion of… — Yogaswami Copy Share Image
Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“We Vietnamese have two philosophies to sustain us. The Confucian tells us how to behave when fate grants us peace and order.… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
Those who awaken never rest in one place. Like swans, they rise and leave the lake. On the air they rise and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
With no mind, flowers lure the butterfly; With no mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes;… — Ryokan Taigu Copy Share Image
Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The dialectical change of mind that occurs in Buddhism is not simply the assimilation of a new philosophical basis or religious basis… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My idea for a Buddhist video game: No guns. Self-immolate instead. Get reincarnated. Repeat until you find Nirvana. Takes forever to play. — Dan Spencer Copy Share Image
It may seem unrealistic to think we can ever become free from hatred, but Buddhists have systematic methods for gradually developing a… — Dalai Lama 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
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
During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet. Practice cherishing the "simplest" person (clerks, attendants, etc) or people you dislike. — Dalai Lama 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
Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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