#buddhist

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. ↗

— Alice Walker

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I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful. ↗

— David Bailey

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Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist. ↗

— Jim Coleman

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My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy. ↗

— Richard Gere

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Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are. ↗

— Richard Gere

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I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians. ↗

— Anne Rice

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A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic. ↗

— Pat Buckley

#atheist #buddhist #catholic #god #good

Be grateful to everyone" is about making peace with the aspects of ourselves that we have rejected... If we were to make a list of people we don't like - people we find obnoxious, threatening, or worthy of contempt - we would discover much about those aspects of ourselves that we can't face... other people trigger the karma that we haven't worked out. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#inspirational

Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain. ↗

— Tara Brach

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I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic. ↗

— David Bowie

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