India Quote by Patrick Mendis

“A lotus for you. A Buddha to be.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“The Buddha likened humans to the lotus flowers. Out of the deluded mud of human existence, filled with greed, hatred, and delusion, in a…

— Noah Levine

“If I say "A lotus for you, a Buddha to be," it means, "I see clearly the Buddha nature in you.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“Pagoda are the centre of Burmese spiritual life, and every town and village has one. People visit the pagoda daily or weekly to pay…

— Emma Larkin

One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.

— Sam Harris

A symbol in Chinese Buddhism is the lotus plant, which regenerates every year, symbolizing life, renewal, and the Buddha himself. Actually it is used…

— Alvin Leung

“Finally, let me close today by pointing out, as I mentioned earlier, that in this section we read we are now looking forward into…

— Ryusho Jeffus

“[...] Buddhism has been so much admired mainly for what it is not.”

— Anonymous

“Chinese Buddhism was the natural study of reality, and led to feelings of devotion just from noting the daily leaves, the colors of the…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“I'm no fucking Buddhist, but this is enlightmentment”

— bjork

We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his…

— Stephen Batchelor

Marvelous oriental pace he's got, just like a Buddhist statue.

— Harry Carpenter