Buddhism Quotes

• 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
  • Christianity
  • Gains
  • Present Time

• Prophecy is rash, but it may be that the publication of D.T. Suzuki's first Essays in Zen Buddhism in 1927 will seem to future generations as great an intellectual event as William of Moerbeke's Latin translations of Aristotle in the thirteenth century or Marsiglio Ficino's of Plato in the fifteenth.

  

  D. T. Suzuki
  • Great
  • May
  • Future

• Suzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism... We cannot be sufficiently grateful to the author, first for the fact of his having brought Zen closer to Western understanding, and secondly for the manner in which he has achieved this task.

  

  D. T. Suzuki
  • Knowledge
  • Understanding
  • Author

• Ethics arises in the recognition of our obligation to care for others as beings, like us, exposed to mortality - that is, beings who need our help. Buddhism, not wrongly, extends this to 'all sentient beings'.

  

  George Pattison
  • Obligation
  • Mortality
  • Exposed

• 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
  • Spirit
  • Islam
  • Presence

• There’s a phrase in Buddhism, ‘Beginner’s mind.’ It’s wonderful to have a beginner’s mind.

  

  Steve Jobs
  • Mind
  • Buddhism
  • Phrase

• A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.

  

  William Winwood Reade
  • Beautiful
  • Philosophy
  • Catholic

• Prajñāpāramitā Buddhism is not a religion suitable for the brainless.

  

  Edward Conze
  • Religion
  • Buddhism
  • Brainless

• There's a strong aspect of Buddhism which is geared towards ending all fertility.

  

  Quentin S. Crisp
  • Strong
  • Buddhism
  • Fertility

• Buddhism helps me to have a healthy relationship with my body and spirit.

  

  Anthony Kiedis Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Relationship
  • Spirit
  • Buddhism

• If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Science
  • Religion
  • Modern

• I feel a little as if the Buddhism is creeping back, but I mention all this simply in order to illustrate that there is, in my life, a fundamental sense of conflict between something that I am calling 'Buddhism' and my creative impulse.

  

  Quentin S. Crisp
  • Life
  • Creative
  • Order

• What I find difficult about Buddhism, though it is also one of its significant fascinations, is the focus on what is immediately and physically present. To me, this seems a denial of the imagination, and the imagination is very important to me.

  

  Quentin S. Crisp
  • Important
  • Focus
  • Present

• Apart from the underlying mystery of all things, there is also another possible specific mystery in this situation: Why did I become so interested in Buddhism, Zen and so on? I seem to have a Buddhist voice in my head, and someone asked me about this recently, saying he was intrigued.

  

  Quentin S. Crisp
  • Why
  • Voice
  • Buddhist

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

  

  Dalai Lama
  • People
  • Good
  • Want

• Thich Nhat Hanh the one that revolutionized Buddhism. Instead of being monks just engaged in meditation, it was active Buddhism. You went out and felt the ills of the community around you. Instead of retreating to a monastery, you were out in the streets working. And he's been a great help to me, just reading his book, so I don't feel helpless about what I can do about all the violence around me.

  

  Sandra Cisneros
  • Book
  • Community
  • Reading

• Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Business
  • Peace
  • Religious

• You menace others with your deadly fangs. But in tormenting them, you are only tormenting yourselves.

  

  Milarepa
  • Suffering
  • Buddhism
  • Fangs

• 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
  • True
  • Interesting
  • Desire

• I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.

  

  Herbie Hancock
  • Feels
  • Jazz
  • Buddhism

• To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation. in order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Mind
  • Knowledge
  • Teaching

• The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what it is whatever label you may put on it. The label is immaterial. Even the label 'Buddhism' which we give to the teachings of the Buddha is of little importance. The name one gives is inessential.... In the same way Truth needs no label: it is neither Buddhist, Christian, Hindu nor Moslem. It is not the monopoly of anybody. Sectarian labels are a hindrance to the independent understanding of Truth, and they produce harmful prejudices in men's minds.

  

  Walpola Rahula
  • Understanding
  • Christian
  • Teaching

• Buddhism doesn't promise to fulfill our desires. Instead it says, 'You feel unfulfilled? That's okay. That's normal. Everybody feels unfulfilled. You will always feel unfulfilled. There is no problem with feeling unfulfilled. In fact, if you learn to see it the right way, that very lack of fulfillment is the greatest thing you can ever experience.' This is the realistic outlook.

  

  Brad Warner
  • Experience
  • Problem
  • Desires

• It's interesting to see what's going on with physics these days because they're starting to come out with stuff that sounds remarkably like Buddhism and even more specifically like the ancient Hindu Vedas. Physics isn't necessarily saying the exact same thing but I think eventually it will merge.

  

  Brad Warner
  • Interesting
  • Physics
  • Merge

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