“Buddhist nirvana ... is based on egolessness and is not anthropocentric but rather cosmological. In Buddhism, humans and the things of the universe are equally subject to change, equally subject to transitoriness or transmigration. A person cannot achieve emancipation from the cycle of birth and death until he or she can eliminate a more universal problem: the transience common to all things in the universe.” HumansPersonsProblemUniverseCommonAchieveSubjectsBuddhismBirthAll ThingsUniversalBuddhistCyclesEmancipationBirth And DeathTransience Book:Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought Source: Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought
“Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.” KindLongStillsDoneChristianJobsFightingNextSleepLevelsMorningStruggleAchievePoetWake UpJewBuddhistGoing To SleepBeing FreeGood ChristianNightfallZen Buddhist Author:Maya Angelou
“Some people get the impression that Buddhism talks too much about suffering. In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time. Similarly, the Buddhist is willing to sacrifice immediate comfort so that he or she can achieve lasting happiness.” PeoplePersonsHardSufferingOrderToo MuchSacrificeAchieveWillingBuddhismComfortImpressionBuddhistLastingLeisureProsperousLeisure TimeLasting Happiness Author:Dalai Lama
“Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.” MindWellsDifficultWiseAchieveBuddhistPerceiveControlledElusivePeace And Happiness Author:Gautama Buddha