Maya Soetoro-Ng Quotes

I'm much more Buddhist. I mean, I'm not a Buddhist. I should be so lucky to be a Buddhist, a real Buddhist, but of all the things I investigated, that seems to make the most sense to me.

I'm a Buddhist.

One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.

I have a profound affection for Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism's particular ways of meditating.

Spiritually, I'm a floating entity, but Buddhism is as close as I can get to describing it.

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.

I am a Buddhist.

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

It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction. Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like, every last detail about Buddhism.

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

This sounds really hokey, but I think Buddhism is the only religion that is genuinely peaceful, so I'd try to promote it in a contemporary society.

Buddhism is really, one of its main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness.

Of all the religions, I am most partial to Buddhism.

I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate.

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

If anything, I label myself as sort of Buddhist. My wife Jane is Buddhist.

Buddhism resonated very powerfully with a lot of my preoccupations.

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

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

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

What's really great about Buddhism is its rational, informal quality. Coming from my experience of growing up a Catholic, I found Buddhism to be refreshingly easygoing and forgiving.

I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.

When I was first introduced to Buddhism in a high school World Studies class, I dismissed it out of hand. This was during the hedonistic days of the late '60s, and this spiritual path seemed so grim with its concern about attachment and, apparently, anti-pleasure.

For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.

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.