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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists. — Dogen

People who have failed at Christianity aren't likely to make great Buddhists. — Robertson Davies

We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths. — Dalai Lama

How many Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? Many in body, one in mind. — Vinessa Shaw

The thing the Buddhists and the Sufis have in common is a belief that religious certainties are destructive. — Luke Rhinehart

What mindfulness does is create some space in your head so you can, as the Buddhists say, "respond" rather than simply "react." In — Dan Harris

An unchecked ego is what the Buddhists call "a hungry ghost" - forever famished, eternally howling with need and greed. — Elizabeth Gilbert

In the Father's house we shall meet Buddhists and Jews, Muslims and Protestants ... — Helder Camara

Perhaps our matching black outfits - even Phoebe wears dark colors - convince him that we are lesbian Buddhists — Helen Smith

Behind the transient reality, there is something else. It is a deeper, more permanent and unchanging reality that we Buddhists call nirvana. — Frederick Lenz

Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God. — Karen Armstrong

I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me. — Joan Baez

As Buddhists, our only task is to keep our room clean. — Frederick Lenz

Buddhists say that a fixed smile, however false, lights up the soul. — Paulo Coelho

We'd rather have faithful Jews, Baptists or Buddhists than some of the Catholics who nearly run you over in the parking lot after Mass. — George Patterson

We've always seen ourselves as Indian. We've never seen ourselves as Hindus or Muslims or Christians or Buddhists. — Azim Premji

Anna used to say that the Buddhists meditate about reactions. That we cannot control WHAT happens to us, only how we react to it. — Suzanne Hayes

Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are. — Richard Gere

Buddhists and Taoists of the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan share the same roots and instructions and have always maintained sound exchanges. — Jia Qinglin

Cambodia wanted no part of SEATO. We would look after ourselves as neutrals and Buddhists. — Norodom Sihanouk

History is the in-rushing toward what the Buddhists call the realm of the densely packed, a transformational realm where the opposites are unified. — Terence McKenna

Forgiveness is for Buddhists. — Tarryn Fisher

The Buddhists tell us that in order to find yourself, you first have to lose your mind. — Sally Brampton

The Buddhists say envy is based on a delusion, the belief that the object of desire is what it seems to be. — Robert Cilley

Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists. — Jack Kornfield

The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians. — Adyashanti

Buddhists believe that you are who you are today is because of who you have been in all your past lives. — Frederick Lenz

Tantric Buddhists don't believe in sin. Stupidity, yes, meaning we make ourselves or others suffer. — Frederick Lenz

I'm fascinated by caddy Buddhists popping up all over Hollywood and people that take themselves too seriously. — Tig Notaro

I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind. — Martin Scorsese

You see, Buddhists are optimists. We never saw sunsets in Atlantis like we do now. We didn't have those great chemicals in the air. — Frederick Lenz

The Buddhists are right. Guilty men are not sentenced to death, they are sentenced to life. — Steve Toltz

One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life. — Terence McKenna

If Palestine had been invaded by Buddhists, or post-Ottoman Turkey, resistance would have been just as strong. — Anonymous

There is more ability to meditate in a rabbit than in one thousand Buddhists. — Daniel Marques