#buddhist

The means and the results, the good and the bad, are within all of us who are aware and care. ↗

— Suman Jyoty Bhante

#buddhist-quotes #dhamma #inspirational #religion #science

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

#awe #behind #believe #bereft #buddhist

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion. ↗

— Ron Reagan

#buddhist #central #compassion #core #fact

The great gift of a spiritual path is coming to trust that you can find a way to true refuge. You realize that you can start right where you are, in the midst of your life, and find peace in any circumstance. Even at those moments when the ground shakes terribly beneath you—when there’s a loss that will alter your life forever—you can still trust that you will find your way home. This is possible because you’ve touched the timeless love and awareness that are intrinsic to who you are. ↗

— Tara Brach

#buddhist-psychology #freedom #love #spirituality #freedom

Our lives are the best school in the universe because we all have to face happiness and madness ↗

— dalin shu

#life #love #love

Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days' worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out. ↗

— Ryokan

#buddhist #hermit #japan #japanese #monk

Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#buddhists #describe #god #much #nirvana

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#catholic #i #lapsed #like #point

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#environment #grew #i #mostly #up

I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma. ↗

— Marcia Wallace

#blind #blind faith #buddhist #change #christian