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I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others. Herbie Hancock

Me Humanity Path Own Others Recognizing My Own Buddhism Practising Been Years Discovering Led Forty Forty Years

The notion that Western religions are more rigid than those of Asia is overdrawn. Ours is the most permissive society history has ever known - almost the only thing that is forbidden now is to forbid - and Asian teachers and their progeny play up to this propensity by soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's rules. Huston Smith

History Society Rules Those Ours Rigid Religions Propensity More Only Almost Buddhism Most Forbid Forbidden Known Hinduism Permissive Western Up Than The Only Thing Asia Asian Notion Teachers Now Ever Play Thing Progeny

In Buddhism, they say attachment to anything only leads to suffering. So when we laugh, it's our way of saying, 'I'm unattached to that.' You're tickled by it, it makes your lobes do something on their own. So humor is very important to me. I always take that to the stage first. Jason Mraz

Saying Me You Suffering Humor First Important Own Stage Our Way Say Laugh Something Only Attachment Take Buddhism Leads Tickled Makes Always Very Anything Your They Say

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

People World Changed Way Buddhism Buddhist Studying Combined Look Talking Thai Going Just Themselves Then Monks Meditating

I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food. Kabir Bedi

Food Mother Buddhism Roam Bowl She Learn Around Learnt Begging Burma While Turned Ask Used Monastery Monk

I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can't believe I won't exist. It's the ego isn't it? I feel that I should retreat into a better form of Zen Buddhism than this kind of ego-dominated thing. But I don't know, I mean, I want to come back as a tree but I suspect that it's just not going to happen, is it? Kate Atkinson

Death Ego Better Believe Think Tree Back Kind About Buddhism Feel Come Retreat Know Because Exist Lot Than Suspect Going Just Want Form Happen Mean Really Should Zen Thing

Mary, my little girl, was confirmed in a Buddhist temple. She saw the Life write up on Buddhism, with pictures of the ceremony, and she said she wanted to be confirmed there because she only liked Jesus as a kid. She was a little disappointed in him when he grew up. Kenneth Rexroth

Life Girl Saw Kid Temple Only Write Mary He Buddhism Buddhist Disappointed Pictures Liked She Him Because Said Up Wanted Grew Confirmed Little Little Girl Ceremony Jesus

I've always had these morals I've sort of put on myself: that excess is bad. I used to be into Buddhism and stuff. I was vegetarian. I was all about shutting things out. Kevin Parker

Myself Out Bad About Morals Excess Had Vegetarian Put Buddhism Stuff Sort Always Used Things Shutting

The ku-magic is a very ancient magic. It predates Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. Laurence Yep

Ancient Magic Buddhism Very Confucianism

I do understand that America is a predominantly Christian country. A lot of morals and values are based in Christianity as opposed to Buddhism, which it's not, or Judaism, which it's not, or Islam, which it's definitely not. So I'm not going to lie to myself and just be like, 'Well you know, everybody's equal.' Because we're not. Lupe Fiasco

Myself You Lie Values Country Islam Just Be Christian Christianity Everybody Definitely Morals Buddhism Like Know Equal Judaism Well Because Understand Opposed Lot America Going Just Which Based

I've always liked Southeast Asia a lot. It's a wonderful place, an easy place. People are great, there's a lot of history and culture, and I like the serenity of Buddhism there. It's very beautiful. I find that to be a very nice place to visit. Matt Dillon

Change is one of the only constants in Buddhism; as meditation became the way I breathed in the days, this became apparent. Nick Flynn

Change Meditation Way Only Buddhism Days Became Breathed Apparent

As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted. Pema Chodron

Culture Buddhism Another Always Moved Adapted

Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me. Richard Gere

Me Enormous Impact Had Buddhism Tibetan

When I adopted Buddhism, my master taught me not to be so rigid. Roberto Baggio

Me Master Rigid Adopted Buddhism Taught

Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic, human sanity. In the West, if you speak to yourself out loud all day long, you are considered crazy. But speaking to yourself silently - thinking incessantly - is considered perfectly normal. Sam Harris

Day Crazy You Yourself Speak Long Sense Thinking Considered All Day Drawn Out Delivered Buddhism Perfectly Conception Scientists Tradition Been West Impoverished Normal Western Loud Human Sanity Speaking Incessantly Many Basic

The first of the four noble truths of Buddhism, that there is suffering in life, was enormously important to me. No one had ever said it out loud. That had been my experience, of course, but no one had ever talked about it. I didn't know what to do with all the fear and emotions within, and here was the Buddha saying this truth right out loud. Sharon Salzberg

Life Truth Saying Me Suffering Experience Emotions Fear First Important Out About Had No-One Buddha Noble Buddhism Know Talked Course Within Said Been Loud Truths Ever Right Four Here

Protection, as we use the word in Buddhism, is actually wisdom, it's insight. Protection is seeing and knowing deeply that all things in our experience arise due to causes, due to conditions coming together in a certain way. Sharon Salzberg

Wisdom Together Experience Protection Word Our Way All Things Insight Seeing Arise Buddhism Knowing Due Coming Causes Conditions Certain Use Certain Way Deeply Actually Things

I often wonder when I make a film - I'm thinking of making a film of the Buddha - and I often wonder: If Buddha had all the elements that are given to a director - if he had music, if he had visuals, if he had a video camera - would we get Buddhism better? Shekhar Kapur

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