To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
People in Tibet have an expression. When you reach a certain degree of venerableness and age, and people ask, "How are you?,"… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
People are afraid that if they let go of their anger and righteousness and wrath, and look at their own feelings-and even… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
First of all, "no self" doesn't mean there is no self, haha. So the "no problem" is jumped at a little too… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
They [Chinese] will need a sympathetic intercessor with other people in the world to avoid conflict and create trust, and of course,… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Within our own society, we jail more prisoners than any other country in the world, 85 percent of them people of nonwhite… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Take the example of people who are being most unrealistic - people who are beating monks to death and torturing them. Why… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
When people are dying, they call their old enemies and try to forgive them and try to be forgiven by them. They… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic, political, ethnic… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
A lot of people, after seeking a bit, have some experience, and sometimes will believe they're enlightened. One has to be careful… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, we say reincarnation is the conscious taking of rebirth by a Bodhisattva, or by a high being, whereas rebirth, is… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
The Chinese people absolutely need good spiritual examples. They also could use a citizen of their own, who is free and happy,… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
You could then use the dream to learn more about yourself, others, the world, and the nature of life. You can come… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
The idea that somehow "no self, no problem"- I don't exist because I don't have a self- would be a mistaken understanding.… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for us to… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
You're more responsible ethically for being there with your interconnection to the world, but the you now is an always changing one, and you're… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
However, because of your interconnectedness with all things, other beings still have a problem, and when you realize that you have no absolute self… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
If you love your enemy, that means you want your enemy to be happy. — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
In Buddhist ideology, the conventional self is that which is constructed in a way by the use of the pronoun, and when you realize… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality. It is… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
I think about the trends at the moment in the planet and how it looks for my grandchildren. I don't panic over it, even… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened imagination, which… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
People in Tibet have an expression. When you reach a certain degree of venerableness and age, and people ask, "How are you?," there is… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
“Anger spoils relationships where there should be great reciprocity.” — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
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