Tina Turner Quotes

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

I'm a lapsed Zen Buddhist. I've read hundreds of books on Zen, I meditated daily for about fifteen years, and once spent a month studying with Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh.

When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism.

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.

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

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

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

I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects.

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

In the Buddhist learning process, we say three stages. The first is hearing, the second is contemplation, and the third is meditation.

A practice can be helpful, but didn't the Buddha compare it to a raft, suggesting it be abandoned when you reach the other shore?

The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.' When you see this, you are above sorrow. This is the shining way.

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

I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is the concrete methods of practice.

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 describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.

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.

The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.

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.

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

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.