Top 612 Tibetan Buddhist Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging.

I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning a little bit of Tibetan here, learning a Southern accent there.

I knew a Buddhist once, and I've hated myself ever since.

Advanced Buddhist Yoga is the art of altering your karmic patterns.

Buddha was not a Christian, but Jesus would have made a good Buddhist.

...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that.

I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.

If you could train an AI to be a Buddhist, it would probably be pretty good.

He's a Catholic, a Hindy, an atheist, a Chein, a Buddhist, a Baptist and a Jew, and he knows, he shouldn't kill.

The prohibition of L'shon Hara is the Jewish equivalent of the Buddhist practice of Right Speech.

Aung San Suu Kyi's late husband, Michael Aris, was a good friend of mine at St Antony's, Oxford. The gentlest of gentle academics, he helped establish a centre in Tibetan studies at Oxford and converted to Buddhism.

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

I am interested in suffering and, in particular, the Buddhist idea that in pain, you can find beauty.

From a Buddhist perspective, it is incorrect to always assume that we know what is best.

I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects

I’m not Buddhist, I’m not Hindu, I’m not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God.

It must be that people who read go on more macrocosmic and microcosmic trips – biblical god trips, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Ulysses, Finnegan’s Wake trips. Non-readers, what do they get? (They get the munchies.)

I practice Buddhist philosophy and contemplation but I don't know if I'm more of anything.

My mom's actually a Buddhist. My dad's a Christian and he was a Muslim, but he converted to Christianity.

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.

Shambhala is a Buddhist tradition with its own unique view and approach.

I'm not a Buddhist, or a card-carrying member of any religion.

I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant.

Buddhist practice is the grounding for this work, this life, this way.

Marvelous oriental pace he's got, just like a Buddhist statue.

In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really.

Do not speak unless you can improve on silence, said a Buddhist sage.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not.

St. Benedict said to take care of your mind, body and soul. I swim for an hour every morning, do 15 minutes of Tibetan stretching and breathing exercises, and play soccer with friends four or more nights a week.

I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity ... I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can.

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

Tibetans must take full authority and responsibility for developing industry, looking from all different perspectives, taking care of the environment, conserving resources for long-term economic health, and safeguarding the interests of Tibetan workers, nomads, and farmers.

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says that death is the graduation ceremony, while living is just a long course in learning and preparing for the next journey. If we acknowledge death as the beginning, then how can we fear it?

I have been clear in my position for quite a while, but the Chinese have not responded. Therefore, we are now in the process of holding a referendum on our policy among all the Tibetan community in exile and even inside Tibet, to check whether the majority thinks we are on the right track.

In twenty years' time I'll be eighty-three, just an old man with a stick moving like a sloth bear. While I'm alive, I am fully committed to autonomy, and I am the person who can persuade the Tibetan people to accept it.

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

The mystery school continued throughout the greater Egyptian civilization, which was the second age of humankind and later on into the third age of humankind when the Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan high cultures flourished

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.

Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet.

Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tibetan, or other historical traditions, are all different streams in the same river, different currents in the same ocean. With the long view, we can trust that the seeds that we're planting are transforming the world.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance

I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi we went up to the High Tibetan region. We also went along the Hurunui River on horseback in the South Island of New Zealand.

Sometimes I feel like Leonard Cohen when he went off to become a Buddhist.

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.

One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness.

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

I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.

The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.

I think the really significant part of it for us, for the western world, is we have a lot to gain from the Tibetans - there are certain lessons that are within Tibetan culture. I mean understandings of compassion and of nonviolence that are things that we really lack in our society.

I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects.

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

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

I meditate twice a day. I chant. I lean more towards Buddhist practices.

Imagine the wisdom to be passed down from the classical Buddhist texts.

I was raised Church of England but I love the Buddhist philosophy, it's very powerful, non-violent.