Tibetan Buddhism Quotes

• It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction. Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like, every last detail about Buddhism.

  Adam Yauch

  Real, Teaching, Buddhism

  "Sometimes, you just gotta' shut down". Interview With Amy Green, www.salon.com. 1995.

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• What you think you become.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values.

  Dalai Lama

  Moving On, Letting Go, Spiritual

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• A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation.

  Stanislav Grof

  Spiritual, Buddhism, Opportunity

  Stanislav Grof (1998). “The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness”, p.229, SUNY Press

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• All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.

  Barbara Walters

  Believe, Buddhism, Heaven

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• Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.

  Richard Gere

  Buddhism, Impact, Enormous

  "Richard Gere: My Journey as a Buddhist". Interview with Melvin McLeod, www.lionsroar.com. 1999.

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• Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Friendship, Wisdom

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• What I like about Tibetan Buddhism is it was taken to Tibet in the 7th century and then again in the 11th. It has everything that had been collected in India up until that time. And so on all levels, it's so vast.

  Tenzin Palmo

  Taken, Buddhism, India

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• My mother was a spiritualist. We had weekly séances at our house with a neighbor who was a medium and various friends, and so I was brought up with the idea that there are many realms of being all around us. So that prepared me for Buddhism, and especially Tibetan Buddhism with all its talk of different realms and dimensions of being.

  Tenzin Palmo

  Mother, Buddhism, Ideas

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• In the early '60s there was very little reliable information on Tibetan Buddhism. I was living in London and I had joined the Buddhist Society. For the most part, people there were either interested in Theravada or Zen Buddhism. There was almost no one into Tibetan Buddhism at that time.

  Tenzin Palmo

  Buddhist, Buddhism, People

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• Buddhism - Tibetan Buddhism - teaches us many things, peace comes from within, we must be free ourselves from earthly desires...

  Peter Sagal

  Buddhism, Desire, Teach

  "Panel Round One". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. September 26, 2015.

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• Tibetan Buddhism, has inspired me and accelerated my understanding of life.

  Jet Li

  Buddhism, Understanding, Inspired

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• I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac.

  David Bowie

  Buddhism, Study, Young

  David Bowie (2016). “David Bowie: The Last Interview”, p.42, Melville House

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• As a dialectical teacher, I have had many lives where I have taught Zen and Tibetan Buddhism and mysticism. I teach in many different modalites. But the theme that unites them - is love.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhism, Different

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• The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating speaker on Zen, Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity and ancient Greek philosophy... and also a prolific author.

  Nevill Drury

  Philosophy, Teaching, Buddhism

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