He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.
The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
I'm a Buddhist.
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.
I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces.
Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by somekind of cosmic lawgiver.
Spiritually, I'm a floating entity, but Buddhism is as close as I can get to describing it.
Buddhism does not accept a theory of God, or a creator. According to Buddhism, one's own actions are the creator, ultimately. Some people say that, from a certain angle, Buddhism is not a religion but rather a science of mind.
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 envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity with the past, and that most important ingredient in the building of a nation - memory.
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'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate.
I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.
Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.
To consider only one other such witness: the followers of the Buddha have at least as much right to appeal to individual and social experience in support of the authority of the Eastern saviour.
Of all the religions, I am most partial to Buddhism.
In the rest of Nirvana all sorrows surcease: Only Buddha can guide to that city of Peace Whose inhabitants have the eternal release.
Ah-rah-han, the first Buddhist apostle of Burma, under the patronage of King Anan-ra-tha-men-zan, disseminated the doctrines of atheism and taught his disciples to pant after annihilation as the supreme good.
The light of Asia
I have a profound affection for Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism's particular ways of meditating.
I think Buddhism is a wonderful philosophy. I've had the good fortune to meet many wonderful teachers from that society.
This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.
Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.
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.
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.
