Buddhists Quotes

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The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians. — Adyashanti
Another of the things I started to do during this time was what Buddhists normally call "meditation" or, in Christian terms, "contemplative prayer". It began… — Sara Maitland
I want to take you to a place of pure magic... It's the place athletes call the "zone". Buddhists call "satori" and ravers call "trance".… — Gabrielle Roth
Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are. — Richard Gere
The Buddhists say there are 121 states of consciousness. Of these, only three involve misery or suffering. Most of us spend our time moving back… — Jenny Offill
We all - whether naturalists, atheists, Buddhists, or Christians - see the world through the grid of an interpretive framework - and ultimately this interpretive… — James K. A. Smith
Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists. — Jack Kornfield
Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God. — Karen Armstrong
Buddhists understand that today and all other days have turned out the way they have because of karma. The interconnection of one moment with another… — Frederick Lenz
It is important to remember always that the principle of egolessness does not mean that there was an ego in the first place, and the… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Buddhists don't feel that enlightenment is particularly unusual. We feel that it's the natural state. Enlightenment simply means perceiving life directly as it is in… — Frederick Lenz
We must be able to deal with ridicule and scorn, which it always seems that Buddhists receive. But we feel that it doesn't matter. God's… — Frederick Lenz
Tolerance is a form of generosity and it is a form of wisdom. There is nothing anywhere in the Dharma [Buddhist scriptures] that should ever… — Hsing Yun
Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and… — Alcee Hastings
What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's really not that… — Dennis Quaid
I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind. — Martin Scorsese
Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not… — Robert Louis Stevenson
May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the… — Swami Vivekananda
The Buddhists say there are 149 ways to God. I'm not looking for God, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. God has… — Jeanette Winterson
the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. — Jeanette Winterson

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