Awareness Quote by Tara Brach

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

— Nhat Hanh

I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is…

— Nhat Hanh

Western religions are more concerned with behavior, doctrine, and belief than with any transformation of the way in which we are aware of ourselves…

— Alan Watts

For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.

— Joan Halifax

Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills this need.…

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

— Ron Reagan

I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an…

— Tara Brach

I think what's important and extraordinarily practical about Buddhism, is that it offers very concrete methods for people to work with.

— Pankaj Mishra

The type of Buddhist practices that I talk about in 'The Art of Happiness' have to do with reconditioning one's way of thinking and…

— Howard Cutler

I am Western and I see no need or reason to change that. The Western lifestyle has many things to offer, as do the…

— Frederick Lenz

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

— Tenzin Palmo

Mindfulness is so powerful that the fact that it comes out of Buddhism is irrelevant.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn