"Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism……" — Karen Armstrong
"Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar."
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105 Quotes by Karen Armstrong
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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They…
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Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from…
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We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about…
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Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all…
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a…
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Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which…
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All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
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I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is…
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort…
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My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six…
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Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the…
— Sulak Sivaraksa
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Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That's why…
— Hsuan Hua
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
— Dogen
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The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization…
— Unknown Author
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In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing…
— Nhat Hanh
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Mindfulness is Buddha's word for meditation. By mindfulness he means: you should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain…
— Rajneesh
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Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with…
— Pema Chodron
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Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the…
— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.
— Pema Chodron
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