Quote by Karl Brunnholzl

“In brief, the Karmapa says, with regard to the manner of what is to be proven and the means of proof in terms of…

— Karl Brunnholzl

“Pawo Rinpoche comments that, in Tibet, the intention of the lineage of profound view is usually explained as self-emptiness, that is, as a nonimplicative…

— Karl Brunnholzl

The two tendencies are antithetical in significant respects. These are distinctions that should be kept in mind, however one feels that the problems and…

— Noam Chomsky

The mystic and the physicist arrive at the same conclusion; one starting from the inner realm, the other from the outer world. The harmony…

— Fritjof Capra

The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow inner revolution,…

— Robert Thurman

“In other words, in their own ways, both systems basically attempt to follow the Buddha in addressing the same fundamental problem of clinging to…

— Karl Brunnholzl

Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. All systems of thought are guiding means; they…

— Nhat Hanh

“As a displaced community, Tibetans often speak of learning to look to the future without forsaking tradition. And as Tibetans continue their flight from…

— Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

“Some forms of Indian asceticism, although not all, have a socio-political dimension and these cannot be marginalized as merely the wish to negate life.”

— Romila Thapar

The Perennial Philosophy is expressed most succinctly in the Sanskrit formula, tat tvam asi ('That art thou'); the Atman, or immanent eternal Self, is…

— Aldous Huxley

On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being,…

— Dalai Lama

“Therefore, when the three natures are presented without analysis, seeming dependent origination is the other-dependent nature, because it is common, conventional consensus that it…

— Karl Brunnholzl