Buddhism Quotes - Page 31

• Present-day Hinduism and Buddhism were growths from the same branch. Buddhism degenerated, and Shankara lopped it off!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Growth, Branches, Hinduism

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2613, Manonmani Publishers

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• Modern Hinduism, modern Jainism, and Buddhism branched off at the same time. For some period, each seemed to have wanted to outdo the others in grotesqueness and humbuggism.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Hinduism, Modern, Periods

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2614, Manonmani Publishers

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• That was my real education in the world - I learned politics, the social and cultural life of India, Hindu tradition and religion, and Buddhism.

  Satish Kumar

  Real, India, World

  "Walking The World For Peace". Interview with Robert Gilman, www.context.org.

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• The cartoonists treated Islam the same way they treat Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions. And by treating Muslims in Denmark as equals they made a point: we are integrating you into the Danish tradition of satire because you are part of our society, not strangers. The cartoons are including, rather than excluding, Muslims.

  Flemming Rose

  Islam, Cartoon, Our Society

  "Why I Published Those Cartoons". www.washingtonpost.com. February 19, 2006.

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  The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, Glimpse, Doe

  Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

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• A secular approach is not a dumbing down, it's not reductively identifying Buddhism with one or two particular techniques of meditation, but it is actually a complete world view and way of life in this world.

  Stephen Batchelor

  Two, Views, Meditation

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• And this presence of the Spirit will enlighten not only yellow skin people or white skin people but even black skin people. I believe in the last days the Spirit of God will be poured out in the nations of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Because Jesus Christ is the Lord. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Universe. Amen.

  Brother Yun

  Jesus, Believe, Yellow

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• One of Buddhism’s main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness.

  Goldie Hawn

  Compassion, Practice, Understanding

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• When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however. But Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.

  Uma Thurman

  Spiritual, Buddhist, Thinking

  Interview with Laura Yorke, Reader's Digest, July 2006.

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• Well, I would have to say as a Christian that I believe any belief system, any world view, whether its Zen Buddhism or Hinduism or dialectical materialism for that matter, Marxism, that keeps persons captive and keeps them from coming to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, yes, is a demonstration of satanic power.

  Albert Mohler

  Christian, Jesus, Believe

  "Not to be outdone by Robertson, Mohler claimed that Buddhism, Hinduism, and Marxism are "demonstration[s] of satanic power"". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.mediamatters.org. March 20, 2006.

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• Buddhism is not concerned just with private destiny, but with the lives and consciousness of all beingsAny attempt to understand Buddhism apart from its social dimension is fundamentally a mistake. Until Western Buddhists understand this, their embrace of Buddhism will not help very much in the efforts to bring about meaningful and positive social change, or even in their struggle to transform their ego.

  Sulak Sivaraksa

  Meaningful, Buddhist, Mistake

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• It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and oppression begin from this kind of thinking.

  Sulak Sivaraksa

  Buddhist, War, Thinking

  Sulak Sivaraksa (1992). “Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society”

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• In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and all phenomena.

  Dalai Lama

  Ignorance, Self, Roots

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• One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire you are still not satisfied. The true antidote of greed is contentment.

  Dalai Lama

  Interesting, Greed, Suffering

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• Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced rightly, it can drive us like a nail deep into the love of God and into more stability and spiritual power than you can imagine.

  Timothy Keller

  Karma, God, Meaningful

  Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.29, Penguin

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• I remember a Buddhist teachers reflections on the Holocaust...What terrible karma those Jews mustve had... This kind of fundamentalism, which blames the victims and rationalizes their horrific fate, is something no longer to be tolerated quietly. It is time for... modern Buddhism to outgrow it by accepting social responsibility and finding ways to address such injustices.

  David Loy

  Karma, Teacher, Buddhist

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• The spirit of Buddhism is, more than anything, about valuing harmony and unity, in which others are respected and embraced rather than denounced. This has been the way of Buddhism since the beginning, and this is true Buddhism.

  Shinjo Ito

  Unity, Way, Spirit

  Shinjō Itō (2009). “Shinjo: Reflections”, p.137

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• I think you can't really escape any kind of spiritual education as a child, whether it's New Age or Judaism or Buddhism or whatever it is. You can't escape it, even if you completely disagree with it, you still have it as a foundation that you base things off of.

  Jack White

  Spiritual, Children, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the body and that the body must be denied so that the spirit may be elevated. In Buddhism there is no notion that the body is made of inferior matter while the spirit flies free within.

  Brad Warner

  Sex, Ideas, Hatred

  Brad Warner (2010). “Sex, Sin, and Zen: Buddhist Exploration of Sex from Celibacy to Polyamory and Everything in Between”, p.17, New World Library

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• Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies.

  D.T. Suzuki

  Philosophy, Facts, Spirit

  D.T. Suzuki (2007). “An Introduction to Zen Buddhism”, p.33, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity ... I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can.

  Thomas Merton

  Buddhist, Christianity, Contradiction

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• My mother's a Buddhist. In Buddhism, if you want to achieve enlightenment, you have to do it through meditation and self-improvement through the mind. That's something she's passed on to me: to be able to calm myself down and use my mind as my main asset.

  Tiger Woods

  Mother, Buddhist, Golf

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• Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there…the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.

  Joe Haldeman

  Reality, Way, Study

  Joe Haldeman (2014). “The Forever War”, p.38, Open Road Media

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• Buddhism is reason. Reason will win over your lord.

  Nichiren

  Winning, Over You, Reason

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• I don't want to convert people to Buddhism - all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.

  Dalai Lama

  People, Want, Understood

  "'Westerners are too self-absorbed'". Interview with Alice Thomson, www.telegraph.co.uk. April 1, 2006.

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