Buddhism Quotes - Page 23

• I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can't believe I won't exist. It's the ego isn't it? I feel that I should retreat into a better form of Zen Buddhism than this kind of ego-dominated thing. But I don't know, I mean, I want to come back as a tree but I suspect that it's just not going to happen, is it?

  Kate Atkinson

  Believe, Mean, Thinking

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• If living on fruits and water is of superior merit, monkeys and fish will go to heaven before men.

  Meera

  Men, Water, Heaven

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• Every single one of the major world faiths, whether we're talking about Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Darwinism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, have all come to the conclusion that what holds us back from our better self is ego, selfishness, greed, unkindness, hatred. And it all springs from a sense of thwarted ego.

  Karen Armstrong

  Spring, Talking, Self

  "Big Think Interview With Karen Armstrong". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. November 16, 2009.

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• Yet it would be unfair to the generality of our kind to ascribe to their intellectual and moral weakness the gradual divergence of Buddhism and Christianity from their primitive patterns. For it should not be forgotten that by their glorification of poverty and celibacy both these religions struck straight at the root not merely of civil society but of human existence. The blow was parried by the wisdom or the folly of the vast majority of mankind, who refused to purchase a chance of saving their souls with the certainty of extinguishing the species.

  James G. Frazer

  Blow, Roots, Soul

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• When you think of Buddhism, you're likely to think of peace and tranquility.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Thinking, Tranquility, Peace And Tranquility

  "The New Burma". "60 Minutes" with Bill Whitaker, www.cbsnews.com. October 25, 2015.

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• I didn't really understand that Vipassana is a relatively new form of Buddhism that was based on the storage of pain. So the idea is that every time you don't scream, that's your Buddhist side.

  Laurie Anderson

  Buddhist, Pain, Ideas

  Interview with A. M. Homes, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 2, 2015.

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• You need to work yourself up into some kind of a state every morning and believe that you are doing something terribly important upon which the future of literature, if not the world, depends. Buddhism tells you that this is just a foolish fantasy. So, I try not to think too much about Buddhism early in the morning. From noon on, I think about it.

  Pankaj Mishra

  Morning, Believe, Thinking

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or "You have to do that." Buddhism does not prescribe rituals or prohibitions in the way many religions do.

  Pankaj Mishra

  Doe, Needs, Way

  Interview with Sarah Fay, staging.believermag.com. March 2007.

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• According to Buddhism, each person is a Buddha who has forgotten their original nature.  If we in the pampered West, having grown up with so many advantages, could not claim our own health and our agency, preferring to see ourselves as helpless victims, then who would do it?  Who would take responsibility for the world?

  Daniel Pinchbeck

  Responsibility, Agency, World

  Daniel Pinchbeck (2007). “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl”, p.280, Penguin

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• Buddhism has to do with your daily life, with your suffering and with the suffering of the people around you.

  Nhat Hanh

  People, Suffering, Daily Life

  "In Engaged Buddhism, Peace Begins with You". Interview with John Malkin, www.lionsroar.com. July 1, 2003.

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

  Jet Li

  Understanding, Inspired, Tibetan

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• Gut level is a good level to deal with life, and for me, I have to say that Buddhism makes sense for me because it's how I'm an artist.

  Laurie Anderson

  Artist, Levels, Deals

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Theosophy tries to bridge the gulf between Buddhism and Christianity by pointing to the fundamental spiritual truths on which both religions are built, and by winning people to regard the Buddha and the Christ as fellow-laborers, and not as rivals.

  Annie Besant

  Spiritual, Winning, Bridges

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• The cover story of the magazine [TIME magazine] depicting a few individuals who are acting contrary to most Myanmar, is creating misconceptions of Buddhism.

  Thein Sein

  Creating, Acting, Stories

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• Subtract miracles from Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, or Toaism, and you have essentially the same religion left. Subtract miracles from Christianity, and you have nothing but the cliches and platitudes most American Christians get weekly (and weakly) from their pulpits.

  Peter Kreeft

  Christian, Miracle, Islam

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• I think, in the initial process of discovering a character and the analytical process - and this is what I did take from Buddhism - initially I think there has to be an analytical, intellectual approach. And that has to be abandoned by the time you're playing the game.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Character, Thinking, Games

  "10 Years After 'Brokeback,' Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger: "Way Beyond His Years as a Human"". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 25, 2015.

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• In Buddhism, what is known as beginner's mind is a way to look at the world as if for the first time: with interest, enthusiasm, and engagement. This may be the optimal state of mind for a healthy brain.

  Louis Cozolino

  Healthy, Brain, Mind

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• Buddhism is a heresy on Hinduism. It was Hinduism that did the dirty work for Buddhism, by the time Buddha came along priest-craft was an ancient tradition in India.

  Terence McKenna

  Dirty, India, Crafts

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• I haven't got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.

  Dogen

  Live By, Letting Things Happen, Happens

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• We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is mindfulness.

  Nhat Hanh

  Safe, Return, Mindfulness

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.119, Penguin

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• But for me if I'm gonna read about something I'd rather read a pamphlet or the instructions to a synthesizer than a book on Buddhism.

  John Frusciante

  Book, Instruction, Synthesizers

  Interview with Evan C Chase, www.scenepointblank.com. October 16, 2010.

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• In Buddhism, there are three gems: Buddha, the awakened one; Dharma,
  the way of understanding and loving; and Sangha, the community that
  lives in harmony and awareness. The three are interrelated, and at
  times it is hard to distinguish one from another. In everyone there
  is the capacity to wake up, to understand, and to love. So in
  ourselves we find Buddha, and we also find Dharma and Sangha.

  Nhat Hanh

  Community, Understanding, Three

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.15, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• You can keep your own religion - Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Mormonism - you just need to add Jesus to the equation. Then you become complete. You become a Buddhist with Jesus, a Hindu with Jesus, a Muslim with Jesus and so on. You can throw out the term Christianity and still be a follower of Jesus. In fact, you can throw out the term Christian too. In some countries, you could be persecuted for calling yourself a Christian, and there is no need for that. Just ask Jesus into your heart, you don't have to identify yourself as a Christian.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Country, Jesus

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• If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Views, Understanding

  "Scientists Meditate On Happiness" by Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. September 16, 2003.

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• One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.

  Paul Theroux

  Principles, Neglect, Cardinals

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