My father is an atheist. My mother is Buddhist. They encouraged my siblings and me to take the best part of other… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
The role of the Buddhist teacher is to explain your options and to show you what creates karma. All our discussions are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Oh son, watch the illusory spectacle! All birth and death is projected by delusion, not existing in reality. I am beyond coming… — Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Copy Share Image
A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Buddhism is a practice in which we learn to avoid injuring others, and ourselves. It's a practice in which we learn to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Are you still carrying everyone who's insulted you, injured you or interfered with you? That's a lot of weight. I'd let it… — Frederick Lenz 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
It's been a tough year. . . Someone said I should send out Buddhist thank-you cards since Buddhists believe that anything that… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I think it would help if, when people are first ordained, they underwent a period of strict training, maybe for several years.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I think it's more, at least at the time, a sense of abstraction. My mind doesn't really work in a way where… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don't know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves we should… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
What is this world condition? Body is the world condition. And with body and form goes feeling, perception, consciousness, and all the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We never try to convert those who receive (aid) to Christianity but in our work we bear witness to the love of… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Unruly beings are as unlimited as space They cannot possibly all be overcome, But if I overcome thoughts of anger alone This… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
From the Buddhist point of view, it is true that emptiness is a characteristic of all of life - if we look… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if Cupitt himself still uses this term, but it's useful in suggesting that, actually, there are more choices than… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
It is the Buddhist belief that all things, experiences and people are inherently empty. That is a simple way of saying that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's considered very, very bad karma, if I can cut to the chase, to take power from a teacher and not use… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
People enter states of consciousness where they think they've become enlightened. The best thing to do, if you've gone through one of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Although the Buddhists will tell you that desire is the root of suffering, my personal experience leads me to point the finger… — Philip Greenspun Copy Share Image
I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Spiritual dignity says that I don't have to compete with anyone; I don't have to do what my friends do. All I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“From the Buddhist point of view, we are each responsible for our own situation, whether we care to admit it or not.… — David Nichtern Copy Share Image
I went on a Buddha jag. I read 'Confession of a Buddhist Atheist' by Stephen Batchelor and Karen Armstrong's biography of Buddha,… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Gotta keep it peace like a buddhist Nobody gonna Wesley snipe me It's less than likely, Move back, Let I breathe Jedi… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Over a period of years he collected thousands of discples. Many became his students. Many didn't become his students but whenever he… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Envy and jealousy are very harmful because you are never ever satisfied with what you have and you never reflect on what… — Tsem Tulku Copy Share Image
One who does not rouse themself when it is time to rise, who, though capable, is full of sloth, whose will and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I am a proud Christian who has been greatly tutored by Hindus and Buddhists and Sufis and others, and I stand and… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
In the emerging culture, darkness represents spirituality. We see this in Buddhist temples, as well as Catholic and orthodox churches. Darkness indicates… — Dan Kimball Copy Share Image
The way of cowardice is to embed ourselves in a cocoon, in which we perpetuate our habitual patterns. When we are constantly… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
There are these two kinds of gifts: a gift of material things & a gift of the Dhamma. Of the two, this… — Gautama Buddha 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
Sackcloth and kelp soup are not required, but the Buddhist reminder of the need to live lightly on the earth is a… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I used homeopathy, acupuncture, yoga and meditation in conjunction with my chemotherapy to help me get stronger again after the cancer. I… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
In the esoteric teachings, a transference process takes place between teacher and student where knowledge is actually transmitted from one to the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We're connected to the Buddhist order, to the mind of enlightenment. All day long we draw the power and force from that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
