Torii Hunter Quotes

I think of the Dalai Lama as a doctor of the mind offering medicine and specific counsel and cures in the way a great doctor would.

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

How many Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? Many in body, one in mind.

Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.

And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

For me, in Buddhism there is a plethora of specific teachings that one can seek out and find for the individual dilemmas you may have.

Spirituality is a great bent of mind. It gives peace and hope to me.

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

When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.

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.

I'm a Buddhist.

Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and the events in my life that created me. And I think a lot of that Buddhism comes out in the world view in this novel.

Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.

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

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

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.

Your nature is the Buddha.

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

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

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.

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

The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness.