Accepting Quote by Pema Chodron

“In Buddha’s opinion, to train in staying open and curious—to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs—is the best use of our human lives.”

— Pema Chödrön

“The Buddha asks us to stop drifting thoughtlessly through our lives and instead to pay careful attention to simple truths that are everywhere available…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Lord Buddha never put much emphasis on belief. Instead, he exhorted us to investigate and try to understand the reality of our own being.…

— Thubten Yeshe

“The Buddha encouraged people to "know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. And when you do, then give them up. And…

— Steve Hagen

Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. New information comes in…

— Daniel Levitin

You can choose to be courageous enough to explore and examine the new understanding, and , it it aligns with your inner truth and…

— Neale Donald Walsch

“If we don’t do anything constructive and expect that others will, then obviously nothing is possible. The first step is to cultivate within our…

— Dalai Lama XIV

What you believe and focus on becomes your reality.

— Michael McMillian

Every problem is open to a spiritual solution. It is found by expanding your awareness, moving beyond the limited vision of the problem.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

“Buddhism is not a belief system. It’s not about accepting certain tenets or believing a set of claims or principles. In fact, it’s quite…

— Steve Hagen

“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions. Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to what we…

— Steve Hagen

“Someone who begins to develop an interest in the teachings can tend to distance themselves from the reality of material things, as if the…

— Chögyal Namkhai Norbu