Quotes by Buddhist I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point. Abel Ferrara buddhist catholic An outrageous instinct to love and be loved blinded your arms to lines of propriety––Women and Men, Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, white, black, red, brown. An outrageous instinct to love and be loved executed your brain every hour on the hour. Aberjhani buddhist christian love In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves. Abraham Joshua Heschel buddhist life-changing truth The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians. Adyashanti buddhist buddhism christian It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians. In the same vein, my teachings are not meant to acquire followers or imitators, but to awaken beings to eternal truth and thus to awakened life and living. Adyashanti buddhist teaching christian Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan smile buddhist abuse The best way to deal with excessive thinking is to just listen to it, to listen to the mind. Listening is much more effective than trying to stop thought or cut it off. Ajahn Amaro buddhist cutting thinking Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights. One can say that the underlying creed of most Western democracies is to protect their people's freedom to realise their desires, as far as this is possible. It is remarkable that in such countries people do not feel very free. The second kind of freedom, freedom from desires, is celebrated only in some religious communities. It celebrates contentment, peace that is free from desires. Ajahn Brahm buddhist religious country Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. Ajahn Chah enlightened buddhist trying When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by. Ajahn Chah buddhist spiritual inspirational If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate. Ajahn Chah buddhist freedom feelings The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed. Ajahn Sumedho ignorant buddhist spiritual Suttas are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe. One should read them, listen to them, think about them, contemplate them, and investigate the present reality, the present experience with them. Then, and only then, can one insightfully know the truth beyond words. Ajahn Sumedho buddhist buddhism believe All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things. Akkineni Nagarjuna buddhist essence philosophy The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening. Akkineni Nagarjuna buddhist teaching spiritual There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still. Akkineni Nagarjuna buddhist attachment meditation Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love. Akkineni Nagarjuna buddhist offering spiritual I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple. Al Gore buddhist stupid funny I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist. Alan Ball buddhist i-believe believe I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.' Alan Ball buddhist belief 1234567891011»