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Buddhist Quotes: "It's been a tough year. . . Someone said I should send out Buddhist thank-you cards since Buddhists believe that anything that challenges you makes you pull yourself together."

It's been a tough year. . . Someone said I should send out Buddhist thank-you cards since Buddhists believe that anything that challenges you makes you pull yourself together.



Buddhist Quotes: "Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not of the East, nor of the West.... My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless."

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not of the East, nor of the West.... My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless.




Buddhist Quotes: "You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise, as ironic and Zen Buddhist and satanic as it sounds!"

You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise, as ironic and Zen Buddhist and satanic as it sounds!



Buddhist Quotes: "The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment."

The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.




Buddhist Quotes: "Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love."

Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.



Buddhist Quotes: "I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple."

I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple.



Buddhist Quotes: "I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion."

I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion.




Buddhist Quotes: "NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it."

NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.



Buddhist Quotes: "[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)"

[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)



Buddhist Quotes: "Meat eating and a compassionate religion do not go hand in hand."

Meat eating and a compassionate religion do not go hand in hand.



Buddhist Quotes: "Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned."

Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.



Buddhist Quotes: "First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others."

First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.




Buddhist Quotes: "One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on!"

One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on!



Buddhist Quotes: "Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister."

Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.



Buddhist Quotes: "Every morning when I wake up, I dedicate myself to helping others to find peace of mind. Then, when I meet people, I think of them as long term friends; I don't regard others as strangers."

Every morning when I wake up, I dedicate myself to helping others to find peace of mind. Then, when I meet people, I think of them as long term friends; I don't regard others as strangers.



Buddhist Quotes: "War is out of date, obsolete."

War is out of date, obsolete.



Buddhist Quotes: "In order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge."

In order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.



Buddhist Quotes: "Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration"

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration



Buddhist Quotes: "I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them."

I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them.



Buddhist Quotes: "In Buddhism we have a great deal of etiquette. Etiquette is simply ways of living to conserve energy. Etiquette allows people to live in harmony with their environment."

In Buddhism we have a great deal of etiquette. Etiquette is simply ways of living to conserve energy. Etiquette allows people to live in harmony with their environment.



Buddhist Quotes: "In the esoteric teachings, a transference process takes place between teacher and student where knowledge is actually transmitted from one to the other. This requires that the student be receptive."

In the esoteric teachings, a transference process takes place between teacher and student where knowledge is actually transmitted from one to the other. This requires that the student be receptive.



Buddhist Quotes: "You need to search your awareness and consider the limitless possibilities of existence in all things and not be so narrow-minded in your self-discovery."

You need to search your awareness and consider the limitless possibilities of existence in all things and not be so narrow-minded in your self-discovery.



Buddhist Quotes: "Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale."

Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale.



Buddhist Quotes: "Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons."

Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons.



Buddhist Quotes: "It is the Buddhist belief that at every moment the universe is not only dying but being reborn."

It is the Buddhist belief that at every moment the universe is not only dying but being reborn.



Buddhist Quotes: "Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached."

Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.



Buddhist Quotes: "Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow."

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.



Buddhist Quotes: "Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised."

Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised.



Buddhist Quotes: "Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud."

Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.



Buddhist Quotes: "As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds."

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.



Buddhist Quotes: "The Ill-directed mind can do to you even worse"

The Ill-directed mind can do to you even worse



Buddhist Quotes: "Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy."

Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy.



Buddhist Quotes: "Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame."

Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame.



Buddhist Quotes: "Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect"

Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect



Buddhist Quotes: "When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself."

When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.



Buddhist Quotes: "Fill your mind with compassion."

Fill your mind with compassion.



Buddhist Quotes: "It is our minds that create this world."

It is our minds that create this world.



Buddhist Quotes: "Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant."

Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant.



Buddhist Quotes: "Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal."

Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.



Buddhist Quotes: "Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the flavor of soup."

Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the flavor of soup.



Buddhist Quotes: "Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law."

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.



Buddhist Quotes: "But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus."

But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.



Buddhist Quotes: "If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across?"

If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across?



Buddhist Quotes: "Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest, bhikkhus."

Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest, bhikkhus.



Buddhist Quotes: "My whole life, I never spoke a single-word."

My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.



Buddhist Quotes: "As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts."

As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.



Buddhist Quotes: "Science is reaching the conclusions that we had been taught through the Tibetan Buddhist experience."

Science is reaching the conclusions that we had been taught through the Tibetan Buddhist experience.



Buddhist Quotes: "One of the ideas that runs through this book [Lincoln in the Bardo] is this Buddhist notion that the mind is incredibly powerful; not the brain but the mind."

One of the ideas that runs through this book [Lincoln in the Bardo] is this Buddhist notion that the mind is incredibly powerful; not the brain but the mind.



Buddhist Quotes: "Whenever anyone, Buddhist or not, sees a Temple or an image of Buddha they receive blessings."

Whenever anyone, Buddhist or not, sees a Temple or an image of Buddha they receive blessings.