Quotes about bud
buddhism reality way
Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there…the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted. Joe Haldeman
budget budgets despite screaming
the long-run budget impact, despite all the screaming and hand-wringing about this...is really very small, very modest.
budgets films lowest
The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet. Joan Chen
buddhism firsts said
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
buddhism years people
I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals.
buddhist swings mind
I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. Elizabeth Gilbert
buddhist thinking swings
I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. My mind swings wildly through time, touching on dozens of ideas a minute, unharnessed and undisciplined. You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.
buddhist buddhism talking
Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world. John Burdett
buddhist mind contradiction
To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.
buddhist communication interesting
......the interesting thing was that the Roman Catholic monks and the Buddhist monks had no trouble understanding each other. Each of them was seeking the same experience and knew that the experience was incommunicable. The communication is only an effort to bring the hearer to the edge of the abyss; it is a signpost, not the thing itself. But the secular clergy reads the communication and gets stuck with the letter, and that's where you have the conflict. Joseph Campbell
buddhist lying mind
Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth--penultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told.
buddhist art philosophy
'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu. M. Night Shyamalan
buddhist collecting should
I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them. Eric Ripert
buddhist term
Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God. Karen Armstrong
buddhism compassion keys
Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.
buddhism empowerment india
All of us have to ensure that our future generations lead a life of peace, dignity and mutual respect. We need to sow the seeds of a conflict-free world, and in this endeavour, Buddhism and Hinduism have a great contribution. Narendra Modi
buddhist looks wanted
Cambodia wanted no part of SEATO. We would look after ourselves as neutrals and Buddhists. Norodom Sihanouk
buddhism islam derivatives
I urge you to sin. But not against these itty-bitty religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism-or their secular derivatives, Marxism, Maoism, Freudianism and Jungianism-whic h are all derivatives of the big religion of patriarchy. Sin against the infrastructure itself! Mary Daly
buddhist buddhism people
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying any heed to the capacities of the people at large, Buddhism has brought ruin upon India. Swami Vivekananda
buddhism quitting i-quit
I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating. Tiger Woods
buddhism track unhappy
Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track of what I was taught.
buddhist new-york guy
He led quite a great life, ... He was an Old Testament figure railing against the establishment - a Jewish guy from New York who became a Buddhist, a poet, a musician. Tom Hayden
buddhist floating drowning
Ju jitsu is very Buddhist. All that we fear we hold close to ourselves to survive. So if you're drowning and you see a corpse floating by, hang on to it because it will rescue you. Tom Hardy
buddhist earth soup
Sackcloth and kelp soup are not required, but the Buddhist reminder of the need to live lightly on the earth is a helpful guide to the daily habits and needs of us all. Tom Brokaw
buddhism conscious rhythm
In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious Tina Turner
buddhist years has-beens
I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.
buddhist unique meditation
Doing meditation you may need to experiment to discover what kinds of thoughts are best for your own unique interests and situation. For you it might be a repetitive "mantra," or simply an open state of watching your breath, like in the Buddhist tradition. Tim McCarthy
buddhism thinking trying
There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should it try to. Sam Harris
buddhist taken civilization
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
buddhism men garden
A handful of men working within the Zen sect of Buddhism created gardens in fifteenth-century Japan which were, and still are, far more than merely an aesthetic expression. And what is left of the earlier Mogul gardens in India suggests that their makers were acquainted with what lay behind the flowering of the Sufi movement in High Asia and so sought to add further dimensions to their garden scenes. Russell Page
buddhist men thinking
The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of thought." And that's how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice. Russell Simmons
buddhist kindness teaching
I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion. Ron Reagan
buddhist men reality
No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words. Roger Zelazny