“Buddhism opened me up to seeing things from the standpoint of being a human being - looking at the purpose of action and the effects on life.”
Herbie Hancock
“If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.”
Albert Einstein
“We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.”
Alan Watts
“Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.”
“You only lose what you cling to.”
Buddha
“The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.”
Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama
“One thing that Buddhism teaches you is that every moment is an opportunity to change.”
Ron Reagan
