Quotes about buddhism
buddhism men thinking
Man, I'm just into Buddhism, and I'm at peace with the fact that me, as this person, probably gonna not be around. Think about a hermit crab, okay? And it's a shell. It's like, they go from one shell to the next. And that's what I am. I'm just a hermit crab changin' shells. Danny McBride
buddhism
Once a Buddha, always a Buddha. Roger Zelazny
buddhism creating acting
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
buddhism suffering size
What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage. Matthieu Ricard
buddhism mind suffering
That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.
buddhism envy suffering
Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success
buddhism suffering
Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.
buddhism self long
By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is freedom, openness of mind, spontaneity, simplicity, altruism: all qualities inherent in happiness.
buddhism would-be world
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 meditation way
Change is one of the only constants in Buddhism; as meditation became the way I breathed in the days, this became apparent. Nick Flynn
buddhism change moment opportunity teaches
One thing that Buddhism teaches you is that every moment is an opportunity to change. Ron Reagan
buddhism two differences
For this remains as I have already pointed out the essential difference between the two religions of decadence : Buddhism promises nothing, but actually fulfils; Christianity promises everything, but fulfils nothing. Friedrich Nietzsche
buddhism past years
I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat. Jet Li
buddhism suffering doe
We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value? Jack Kornfield
buddhism elements study
If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion B. R. Ambedkar
buddhism creating criticisms embody essence past peace people stands
Look, ... his work, as he has said many times, is creating peace. In reality, if people are kind, they embody the very essence of what Buddhism stands for. These criticisms come from people who can't see past their own agendas.
buddhism might jazz
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism. Herbie Hancock
buddhism practice reason
Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.
buddhism years humanity
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.
buddhism compassion practice
One of Buddhism’s main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness. Goldie Hawn
buddhism blow roots
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
buddhism call philosophy practice practicing tribe
I've been practicing Buddhism for a while. So, I call myself a Jew-Bu, because my tribe is still Jew. But my philosophy and my practice is really Buddhist.
buddhism happiness main practices road ultimately understanding
Buddhism is really, one of its main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness.
buddhism genuinely promote religion society sounds
This sounds really hokey, but I think Buddhism is the only religion that is genuinely peaceful, so I'd try to promote it in a contemporary society.