With the near-death or clinical near-death phenomenon some people who are brought back from 'death' have reported being alive the entire time… — John Ankerberg Copy Share Image
Well it's always been an interesting area for me. In referencing something I just reread from Dogen it says, "Enlightenment doesn't break… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One of the happier ironies of recent history is that even as Tibet is being wiped off the map in Tibet itself,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
An outrageous instinct to love and be loved blinded your arms to lines of propriety––Women and Men, Christians and Jews, Muslims and… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, both learning and practice are extremely important, and they must go hand in hand. Without knowledge, just to rely on… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
I'm working at trying to be a Christian and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generatng that kind of energy… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I feel that compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is. It is something that only we human beings can develop.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Ultimately there is light and love and intelligence in this universe. And we are it, we carry that within us, it’s not… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
If we are not empty, we become a block of matter. We cannot breathe, we cannot think. To be empty means to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“150 The Arhat IN OUR SOCIETY, we’re inclined to see doing nothing as something negative, even evil. But when we lose ourselves… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA 1. Question. Of what religion[1] are you? Answer. The Buddhist. 2. Q. What is Buddhism? A. It… — Henry Steel Olcott Copy Share Image
“But sharing does not mean wanting others to abandon their own spiritual roots and embrace your faith. That would be cruel. People… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You may be Catholic or Protestant or Buddhist or Baptist or Muslim or Mormon or Jewish or Jain, or you have no… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental… — Dalai Lama 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
Dharma is not about credentials. It's not about how many practices you've done, or how peaceful you can make your mind. It's… — Reginald Ray Copy Share Image
Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be just as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If you know the psychological nature of your own mind, depression is spontaneously dispelled; instead of being enemies and strangers, all living… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Copy Share Image
My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
Then another thing, now this is mainly for our interest about Tibet, our struggle. Whole struggle depend on within person. For dangerous.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To me, this is from a Buddhist perspective or whatever, sometimes people who are working out their political beliefs, they can rage… — Mike White Copy Share Image
... many Hindus are willing to consider Jesus as a legitimate manifestation of the divine... many Buddhists see Jesus as one of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“First, contrary to popular belief, Buddhists can actually be very anxious people. That’s often why they become Buddhists in the first place.… — Daniel B. Smith Copy Share Image
Forget what you might have heard. There are no separate corps of angels for agnostics, atheists, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists,… — Cynthia Leitich Smith Copy Share Image
In spiritual growth, it is important to avoid imbalances between academic or intellectual learning and practical implementation. Otherwise there is a danger… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Maitake mushrooms are known in Japan as 'the dancing mushroom.' According to a Japanese legend, a group of Buddhist nuns and woodcutters… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Some of Buddhist texts say that, in the moment after you die, you think of New Jersey and you go to New… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from… — Rumi Copy Share Image
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