Hinduism And Buddhism Quotes

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

  Wesley Snipes

  Buddhism, Islam, Different

  9 Copy quote

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

  Swami Vivekananda

  Buddhism, Growth, Branches

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

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Independent, Thinking, Development

  "Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination". Book by N.D. Arora, 2010.

  21 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think when religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism - as well as Christianity and Judaism - were founded, at that time societies were generally male-dominated. So, therefore this social notion also influenced religion.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhism, Thinking, Males

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 1, 2006.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think Christianity is the same as Buddhism and Hinduism - whenever a religion begins to say that these are the things you have to do to be loved by God, you have a religion.

  Erwin McManus

  Buddhism, Thinking, Christianity

  9 Copy quote

• The religions whose theology is least preoccupied with events in time and most concerned with eternity, have been consistently less violent and more humane in political practice. Unlike early Judaism, Christianity and Mohammedanism (all obsessed with time) Hinduism and Buddhism have never been persecuting faiths, have preached almost no holy wars and have refrained from that proselytizing religious imperialism which has gone hand in hand with political and economic oppression of colored people.

  Aldous Huxley

  Religious, War, Buddhism

  8 Copy quote

• Really, whatever I was seeking and looking into in those days like creative arts, chant, the muse being in touch with the muse for poetry and writing and music. It's all part of the spirit and if we look particularly at Hinduism and Buddhism, the tantric stream of those traditions totally embraces all aspects of human life and life on this world.

  Surya Das

  Art, Writing, Buddhism

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Buddhism, Would Be, World

  Source: mormon-chronicles.blogspot.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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, Buddhism

  12 Copy quote

• …the doctrinal differences between Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam and Judaism. Holy wars are not fought over them because verbalized statements about reality are never presumed to be reality itself.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  War, Buddhism, Reality

  6 Copy quote

• I think that there are no forces on this planet more dangerous to us all than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism, of all the species: Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, as well as countless smaller infections. Is there a conflict between science and religion here? There most certainly is.

  Daniel Dennett

  Buddhism, Thinking, Religion

  Daniel C. Dennett (2014). “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life”, p.515, Simon and Schuster

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Buddhism, Understanding, Six

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

  4 Copy quote

  Show source