Duncan Sheik Quotes

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.

There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last couple years.

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

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.

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

I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town.

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.

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

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

Change is one of the only constants in Buddhism; as meditation became the way I breathed in the days, this became apparent.

When I got sober, I really felt like there was something that was missing from my life, Buddhism is something that I practice.

Buddhism allows me to feel well, tranquil, and very happy inside. This is good not only for football but for my life in general.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by - those actions that create suffering for ourselves and others, and get us into so much trouble.

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