Quotes of: Buddhism Keyword

Selflessness is humility. ... humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free.

Buddhism of the Heart: Reflections on Shin Buddhism and Inner Togetherness

I tell my students not to be frightened; in the history of Buddhism-for 2,500 years-no one has broken or fractured a leg because of sitting in meditation.

Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen

Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism.

G.K. Chesterton

Buddhism is all about science. If science is the systematic pursuit of the accurate knowledge of reality, then science is Buddhism, Buddhism is science.

Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World

It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction. Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like...

Adam Yauch

There is one advantage to realizing that you're never going to get it right: you do begin to stop expecting everyone else to get it right too, which makes for less frustration when other people turn out to be just as human as you are.

Buddhism of the Heart: Reflections on Shin Buddhism and Inner Togetherness

At the last stages of the journey, there’s no journey at all.

Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

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 nam...

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

There’s no path to liberation that doesn’t pass through the shadow.

Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

The depth of our compassion is proportional to the depth of our living. (65)

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

The best religion or practice is the one that makes us better. (42)

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

What's really great about Buddhism is its rational, informal quality. Coming from my experience of growing up a Catholic, I found Buddhism to be refreshingly easygoing and forgiving.

Matt Dillon

If you want to help sentient beings, you have to get your hands dirty.

Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen

When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism.

Joan Halifax

To you, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism look very different, but to me they look the same. Many of you would say that something like Buddhism doesn't even belong on the list, since it doesn't link salvation to divine worship, but...

Daniel Quinn

The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.

Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

What a miracle, that all we have to do to be beautifully loving creatures is just relax and allow.

Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

From the Buddhist perspective, the only lasting way to bring about change is for people themselves to change.

Basics of Buddhism: Key principles and how to practise

Good music can act as a guide to good living.

Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists

The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. (155)

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

Much blood has been spilled over words, and a great deal of it over the word ‘God.’ (125)

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity