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- From a Buddhist point of view, the actual experience of death is very important. Although how or where we will be reborn is generally dependent…
- As a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process, a reality that I accept will occur as long as I remain in this earthly…
- My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that…
- 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…
- I believe the twenty-first century can become the most important century of human history. I think a new reality is emerging. Whether this view is…
- From a certain point of view our real enemy, the true troublemaker, is inside.
- There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think…
- Those who suffer from an exaggerated sense of their own ability and accomplishment are continually subject to frustration, disappointment, and rage when reality intrudes and…
- It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means pursuing our own…
- I hold the view that death is rather like changing one's clothes when they are torn and old. It is not an end in itself.…
- It is our custom to say that someone is 'lucky' or 'unlucky' if they meet with fortunate or unfortunate circumstances, respectively. It is, however, too…
- I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes…
- If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
- I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for…
- It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.
- From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all…
- From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than…
- Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a…
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- We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and… — David Attenborough
- Reality simply consists of different points of view. — Margaret Atwood
- I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view. — Margaret Atwood
- You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit cards. Emma… — Margaret Atwood
- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood
- You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet.… — Margaret Atwood
- My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation. — Michele Bachmann
- If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and… — Michele Bachmann
- See things from the boy's point of view. — Robert Baden-Powell
- I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously… — Abigail Adams
- My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive… — Alvin Adams