Buddhism Quote by Huston Smith

Western religions are more concerned with behavior, doctrine, and belief than with any transformation of the way in which we are aware of ourselves…

— Alan Watts

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

— Francois Gautier

The untouchability of Hinduism is probably worse than that of the modern imperialists.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is one thing to teach a dynamic Oriental philosophy and religious code; it is quite another to put such a discipline to the…

— Frederick Lenz

Perhaps Westerners are in a better position to practice true renunciation than uneducated Orientals because most Western people, by the time they come to…

— Tenzin Palmo

In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false;…

— Samuel P. Huntington

“In a sense the limitations of Orientalism are, as I said earlier, the limitations that follow upon disregarding, essentializing, denuding the humanity of another…

— Edward W. Said

“secular, pluralistic, Western culture? There are several other “pressure points” at which our culture in the West is vulnerable to challenge. Western culture longs…

— Timothy Keller

The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.

— Silvia Cartwright

If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined to north…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

We regard those other cultures such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1000 or…

— Arthur Erickson

Westerners, more than most Asians, are prone to feelings of fear, self-hatred, and unworthiness.

— Jack Kornfield