Buddhism Quote by James Hillman

When I came to the West, I realized there was much hunger for spiritual teachings, but no environment for spirituality.

— Sogyal Rinpoche

Meanwhile, followers of Eastern religions are sitting in the middle of their minds, experiencing a bliss and a level of consciousness that Western man…

— George Carlin

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

“Besides robbing us of health and vitality, emotions constitute the greatest obstacle to spiritual cultivation by diverting energy and attention from internal development to…

— Daniel P. Reid

“Westereners often think that the East is one vast Buddhist temple, which is rather like thinking the West is one vast Carthusian monastery. If…

— Daniel Quinn

You may have practical ethics and that kind of thing, but there is no spirituality in any aspect of our Western civilization. Our religious…

— David Kudler

“According to the law of karma, souls reincarnate in environments befitting their spiritual attainments. Good people (even those who have veered from the spiritual…

— The Bhagavad Gita

The practice of leaving settled society to undertake a spiritual journey, or a spiritual life really, is something that is much more common in…

— Diana L. Eck

“Are you familiar with the Eastern concept of karma?’ ‘I’ve heard of it, yes. An old sergeant of mine when I was new to…

— T E Kinsey

The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.

— Chogyam Trungpa

In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by being more…

— Karan Bajaj

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it

— Anonymous