Best Tibetan Quotes
46 Tibetan quotes by 33 unique authors
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At the museum a troubled woman destroys a sand painting meticulously created over days by Tibetan monks. The monks are not disturbed. The work is…
— Susan Griffin
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Enlightenment occurs when your mind merges with nirvana, with what Tibetans call the Dharmakaya, the clear light of reality, which is the highest plane of…
— Frederick Lenz
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As we love truly and deeply, we see the white light of truth in them. Seeing this reminds us that the same light exists within…
— Frederick Lenz
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What makes a difference is when we take our mind and put it into the scriptures, when we read the Buddhist Canon, the Pali Canon,…
— Frederick Lenz
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We used to say to the apartheid government: you may have the guns, you may have all this power, but you have already lost. Come:…
— Desmond Tutu
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The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating speaker on Zen,…
— Nevill Drury
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When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to…
— Richard Gere
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A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and…
— Stanislav Grof
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I had a real yearning to make use of the opportunities I had at school. When I heard about the gap year of teaching English…
— Benedict Cumberbatch
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As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.
— Dalai Lama
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Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.
— Dalai Lama
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A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and…
— Jena Malone
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I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana.
— Joni Mitchell
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There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is,…
— Dalai Lama
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It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and fall, shining or…
— Haruki Murakami
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says that death is the graduation ceremony, while living is just a long course in learning and preparing…
— Nikki Sixx
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I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi we…
— Antony Gormley
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The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.
— Dalai Lama
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My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential.
— Dalai Lama
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One of the happier ironies of recent history is that even as Tibet is being wiped off the map in Tibet itself, here it is…
— Pico Iyer
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St. Benedict said to take care of your mind, body and soul. I swim for an hour every morning, do 15 minutes of Tibetan stretching…
— Brunello Cucinelli
Who Wrote These Tibetan Quotes
33 authors contributed a total of 46 Tibetan Quotes, led by these top contributors: