Buddhism Quotes - Page 25

• The principles of Buddhism and Shambhala can be effective in helping the course of what is happening in the world.

  Sakyong Mipham

  World, Principles, Helping

  "Earth Protector: An Interview with Sakyong Mipham (complete interview)". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. July 30, 2015.

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• A lot of people dabbling means Buddhism has come into the mainstream, where people begin to use these terms and ideas, and they become less foreign.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Mean, Ideas, People

  "Earth Protector: An Interview with Sakyong Mipham (complete interview)". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. July 30, 2015.

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• The principles of Buddhism have become more commonplace, which is a good thing.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Principles, Good Things, Commonplace

  "Earth Protector: An Interview with Sakyong Mipham (complete interview)". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. July 30, 2015.

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• In Zen Buddhism, "The Great Cessation" is a term that points to the abandoning of the effort to define one's self by any outer definition and to give up acts of futility. It is to let the world remain a mystery that cannot be captured by science, language, or any invention of the mind.

  Mike Scheidt

  Giving Up, Self, Effort

  "Show No Mercy". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. July 17, 2009.

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• Buddhism cannot be true to itself until Buddhists resolve their ambivalence toward nonhuman animals and extend the full protection of their compassion to the most harmless and helpless of those who live at our mercy in the visible realms.

  Norm Phelps

  Buddhist, Compassion, Animal

  Norm Phelps (2004). “The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights”, p.14, Lantern Books

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• To diminish the suffering of pain, we need to make a crucial distinction between the pain of pain, and the pain we create by our thoughts about the pain. Fear, anger, guilt, loneliness and helplessness are all mental and emotional responses that can intensify pain.

  Howard Cutler

  Pain, Loneliness, Emotional

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• Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness.

  Jean Leloup

  Names, People, Community

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• I know that Arnold Toynby, the great historian, said he had always hoped the religions of the world would evolve until they began to bring the very best of each tradition into one tradition. He hoped that Christianity would be the one religion that finally incorporated the values of Hinduism and Buddhism, and enriched itself with them.

  John Shelby Spong

  Would Be, World, Tradition

  Source: mormon-chronicles.blogspot.com

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• Kerouac's books portray a hero and narrator free and easy, confident, sure of his rebellion against the American system. In reality, Jack was torn between Catholicism, Buddhism, and his own demon-driven pursuit of kicks, between spirit and flesh, between mom's house and the Beat coffeehouse, patriotism and subversion, men and women, society and solitude, carousing and meditation, sacred and profane, secular and divine. It's a miracle he survived as long as he did.

  Gerald Nicosia

  Mom, Hero, Book

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• I don't know if there is really an objective truth about either. I liken this to what Buddhism says about the individual, that change starts with the individual. I think it is really about purifying your own actions, and I have seen that in my own life.

  Karan Bajaj

  Thinking, Objective Truth, Action

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• This concept that you refer to in Buddhism is something I've been nurtured with through the history of my country for 700, 800 years - Persian poets and philosophers haven't said anything different with regard to experiencing life in the moment, as opposed to the belief of permanence.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  Country, Years, Different

  "They Should Be Grateful: An Interview with Abbas Kiarostami". Interview with Zachary Wigon, filmmakermagazine.com. February 13, 2013.

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• I practice Buddhism, so I meditate daily, which helps keep me centered and reminds me not to get my knickers in a twist over the things that are not within my control. There is a saying: "If it can be changed, then no need to worry; if it can't be changed, then no need to worry!"

  Rosie Fellner

  Practice, Worry, Twists

  "Rosie Fellner: Celebrating Kindness and Differences". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Here, the certain temple rule, this seems to me to have a certain responsibility to look after the well-being of society and look after Buddhism and culture. I consider these part of the practice of spirituality. There is no competition between spiritual practice and party politics. That is outdated. We already, since 2001, have elected political position. My position is semi-retired. I am looking forward to complete retirement.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Retirement, Party

  Source: www.opti-mystical.com

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• The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions, and we should go deeper into our own traditions rather than just acquiring the surfaces of others.

  Pico Iyer

  Roots, Tradition, Surface

  Interview with Felicia M. Tomasko, layoga.com. April 26, 2008.

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• Through music I've discovered other philosophies. Buddhism in particular is one that has always - whenever I've studied it and read about it, it's just been so true to me. And I do try to take some practices of that into my daily life. Whether that's meditating or trying to see the world from that perspective.

  Joan Osborne

  Philosophy, Practice, Perspective

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• [Thich Nhat Hanh] the one that revolutionized Buddhism. Instead of being monks just engaged in meditation, it was active Buddhism. You went out and felt the ills of the community around you. Instead of retreating to a monastery, you were out in the streets working. And he's been a great help to me, just reading his book, so I don't feel helpless about what I can do about all the violence around me.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Book, Reading, Community

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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• A second person that's come to my life very recently, and I'm thankful for it, is Marshall Rosenberg, the founder of the Nonviolent Communication Organization. He has all these books about how we can use our language nonviolently to help create peace. He's using a lot of Buddhism too, but he's helping me to think about language.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Book, Communication, Thinking

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

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• I have found a much greater appreciation of Buddhism because I couldn't take it for granted here in exile.

  Dalai Lama

  Appreciation, Granted, Found

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I could justify violence only in this extreme case, to save the last living knowledge of Buddhism itself.

  Dalai Lama

  Lasts, Violence, Cases

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

  Dalai Lama

  Blind, Discouraging, Fanaticism

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Buddha himself taught different teachings to different people under different circumstances. For some people, there are beliefs based on a Creator. For others, no Creator. The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.

  Dalai Lama

  Teaching, People, Taught

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Just like in Christianity or Buddhism, obviously there are certain practices that dictate one's life, but I don't think you can say all Muslim women are a certain way.

  Nia Long

  Thinking, Practice, Way

  "The Root Interview: Nia Long on 'Mooz-lum' and Motherhood". Interview with Aisha I. Jefferson, www.theroot.com. February 18, 2011.

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• It really was something, to see Ram Bahadur Bomjon, apparently living without food or water. Before I went on that trip I'd asked advice on it from a very wise person who I love and revere - basically trying to see if I was somehow disrespecting Buddhism by trying to write about it, and also looking for some grounding on what stance to take ... and my friend said, "Well, why don't you just go and see?" And I hear that in my head all the time now: "Why don't you go and see?"

  George Saunders

  Wise, Writing, Water

  Source: sojo.net

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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, Ideas, House

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• Every country that meets Buddhism molds it into their own indigenous religion, as America will. A very clear example of this is Japan, which threw out almost all the dharma, and just kept that essence, which spoke to them.

  Tenzin Palmo

  Country, Japan, Essence

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