Todd Barry Quotes

So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with.

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.

The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it.

I think Buddhism is a wonderful philosophy. I've had the good fortune to meet many wonderful teachers from that society.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

Quality is the Buddha.

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

Every living being has the potential to become a Buddha: someone who has completely purified his or her mind of all faults and limitations and has brought all good qualities to perfection.

I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town.

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

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

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.

Your nature is the Buddha.

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.

That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.

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

Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

I have always worked with energy. Everything is energy. Buddhism. Christ teachings. These are foundation stones for a spiritual life.

Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.