Buddhism Quotes

1466 Buddhism quotes by 146 unique authors

Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the body and that… — Brad Warner
I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity ... I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can. — Thomas Merton
If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a search for the… — Dalai Lama
My mother's a Buddhist. In Buddhism, if you want to achieve enlightenment, you have to do it through meditation and self-improvement through the mind. That's… — Tiger Woods
Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there…the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity.… — Joe Haldeman
Buddhism is reason. Reason will win over your lord. — Nichiren
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics.… — William Winwood Reade
I don't want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good. — Dalai Lama
I am against conversion (to Buddhism). In my speech at UN, the first thing I said was that I am for conversion, but not from… — S. N. Goenka
Oysters are more beautiful than any religion....Theres nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster. — Hector Hugh Munro
The fundamental goal of Buddhism is the realization of the peace and happiness of humankind. — Josei Toda
The Way of the warrior does not include other ways, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, certain traditions, artistic accomplishments, and dancing. But even though these are… — Miyamoto Musashi
It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs,… — Adyashanti
On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as… — Dalai Lama
If there's good, strong evidence from science that such and such is the case and this is contrary to Buddhism, then we will change. — Dalai Lama
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying any heed to… — Swami Vivekananda
Students of popular science... are always insisting that Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism. This is generally believed, and I believed it… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit — Duncan Sheik
If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. — Dalai Lama
The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others. — Dalai Lama
It took me forty years of dealing with buddhism to finally realize that actually Buddha's discovery was happiness and bliss. — Robert Thurman
Buddhism is all about science. If science is the systematic pursuit of the accurate knowledge of reality, then science is Buddhism, Buddhism is science. — Robert Thurman
Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found in the expression… — Taitetsu Unno
Buddhism is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no human life or experience is to be wasted or… — Taitetsu Unno
I urge you to sin. But not against these itty-bitty religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism-or their secular derivatives, Marxism, Maoism, Freudianism and Jungianism-whic h… — Mary Daly

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