Buddhism Quotes - Page 28

• As my personal explorations continued, I experienced this quality of inner reality more and more and could no longer doubt that the meaning of God lay in this direction. At the same time, these undeniable experiences lit up and were in turn illuminated by all the philosophical and historical knowledge I had by then amassed and I began to understand in an entirely new way the teachings of both Judaism and Christianity as well as the teachings of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam.

  Jacob Needleman

  Teaching, Philosophical, Reality

  Source: www.watkinsmagazine.com

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• I grew up in the north of Chile, and this is why there are a lot of religious symbols in my pictures, because the Catholic Church in Latin America is very strong. If I was born in Japan, I would speak about Buddhism, but I was born in South America.

  Alejandro Jodorowsky

  Religious, Strong, Latin

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Often, everywhere we look, we seem to find obstacles and facades and smokescreens, so it was really nice to find things in the world that actually spoke to me. And I felt like Eastern thought really spoke to me. Because it isn't trying to cover up the pain in life; it's trying to deal with it and overcome it in an intelligent way. I think the reason I love Eastern thought so much, and mysticism in general - but especially Buddhism - is because it seems to me an attempt to look life squarely in the face, as it is.

  Jeff Mangum

  Pain, Nice, Thinking

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• We may have created this projection of what God should be, as this judge or test, but the fact is, the only way we know about God is by knowing ourselves in some way. So God must be in ourselves-you can't deny that. If you say that God is somewhere else, which is what a lot of religions say, I just can't deal with it. I guess it's the difference between Buddhism, Christianity, and Judaism, or something.

  Selma Blair

  Judging, Christianity, Judaism

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.

  Karen Armstrong

  Compassion, Keys, Islam

  "The way we live now: questions for Karen Armstrong; Talking religious liberties". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. April 04, 2004.

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• And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made a tremendous amount of sense. What I liked that was missing from my experience of Christianity growing up was a sort of acceptance, a sort of being OK with being imperfect and not focusing on the sin.

  Alan Ball

  Growing Up, Philosophy, Acceptance

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• My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism.

  Tony Blair

  Understanding, Six, Foundation

  "Tony Blair, on his faith and religious ideology". Interview with John Geiger, www.theglobeandmail.com. November 29, 2010.

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• Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone.

  Annie Dillard

  Mistake, Thinking, Soul

  Annie Dillard (2010). “For the Time Being”, p.11, Vintage

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• Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.

  Herbie Hancock

  Humanness Is, Challenges, Humans

  "Tribute To Miles". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.

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• Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.

  Herbie Hancock

  Practice, Reason, Music Is

  "Tribute To Miles: A Conversation With Herbie Hancock". Interview With Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.

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• I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

  Herbie Hancock

  Years, Humanity, Path

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.

  Herbie Hancock

  Inspirational, Creating, Example

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

  Nhat Hanh

  Healing, Thinking, Doors

  "This Is The Buddha's Love". Interview with Melvin McLeod, www.pbs.org. June 3, 2010.

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• In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger.

  Nhat Hanh

  Meditation, Earth, Awakening

  "Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2012.

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• Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.

  Nhat Hanh

  Running, Order, Suffering

  Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2003.

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

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Teaching, Thinking

  Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2003.

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• There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.

  Nhat Hanh

  Christian, Practice

  Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2003.

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• If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Communication, Might

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• Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic, human sanity. In the West, if you speak to yourself out loud all day long, you are considered crazy. But speaking to yourself silently - thinking incessantly - is considered perfectly normal.

  Sam Harris

  Crazy, Thinking, Perfectly Normal

  "A Contemplative Science" by Sam Harris, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 2, 2006.

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• There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should it try to.

  Sam Harris

  Thinking, Trying, Islam

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• The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Ideas, Causes, Interdependence

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• Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

  Dalai Lama

  Self, Discipline, Important

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• Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.

  Ricky Martin

  Beautiful, Teaching, Soul

  "Ricky Martin: 'I hated it when people tried to force me to come out'" by Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2011.

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• I like to read about different religions - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.

  Wesley Snipes

  Islam, Different, Christianity

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• I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces.

  Tiger Woods

  Believe, Pieces, Aspect

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