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  Quote posted by  nickstreet36 7 months 2 days ago

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  I also remember a religious teacher in the sixth form, a rational enlightened man, quoting from an awful textbook called The Fundamentals of Religion that we had to learn like a garage mechanic boning up on parts. He came to a passage which dismissed Buddhism in two sentences, looked up, and said, 'That's shoddy scholarship'. That phrase resounded in my ears. It wasn't typical. But it did happen.

  —Terry Eagleton (2009)

  Quote tags:buddhism, catholicism, religion, scholarship, theology
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  Quote posted by  nickstreet36 8 months 15 days ago

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  When a Buddhist offers flowers or lights a lamp before the Buddha image or some sacred object ... these are not acts of worship. ... The flowers soon fade, and the flames that die down speak to him, and tell him of the impermanency of all things.

  —Piyadassi Thera

  Quote tags:buddhism, change, impermance, impermanence, worship
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  Quote posted by  nickstreet36 9 months 8 days ago

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  I teach one thing and one only: that is suffering and the end of suffering.

  —Buddha

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  Quote posted by  dakini03 9 months 15 days ago

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  You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself,
  and you will not find that person anywhere.

  —The Buddha

  Quote tags:The Buddha, buddhism, buddhist quotes
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  Quote posted by  par1138 15 months 12 days ago

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  All religions, including Buddhism, stem from our narcissistic wish to believe that the universe was created for our benefit, as a stage for our spiritual quests. In contrast, science tells us that we are incidental, accidental. Far from being the raison d'être of the universe, we appeared through sheer happenstance, and we could vanish in the same way. This is not a comforting viewpoint, but science, unlike religion, seeks truth regardless of how it makes us feel. Buddhism raises radical questions about our inner and outer reality, but it is finally not radical enough to accommodate science's disturbing perspective. The remaining question is whether any form of spirituality can.

  —John Horgan (12/02/2003)

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  Quote posted by  par1138 19 months 17 days ago

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  I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer to men… I’ve been reading about reincarnation, and the Buddhists say we come back as animals and they refer to them as lesser beings. Well, animals aren’t lesser beings, they’re just like us. So I say fuck the Buddhists.

  —Bjork

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  Quote posted by  nickstreet36 36 months 20 days ago

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  If you want to perceive and understand objectively, just don't allow yourself to be confused by people. Detach from whatever you find inside or outside yourself and only then will you attain liberation. When you are not entangled in things, you pass through freely to autonomy.

  —Zen Master Lin-chi

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  Quote posted by  nickstreet36 38 months 19 days ago

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  If you die before you die, then when you die you will not die.

  —Buddhist Proverb

  Quote tags:buddhism, buddhist, death, immortality
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  Quote posted by  zenman 45 months 1 day ago

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  Zen reveals itself in the most uninteresting and uneventful life of a plain man of the street, recognizing the fact of living in the midst of life as it is lived.

  —Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

  Quote tags:Zen, buddhism

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