“A whole society imprints us. Language, television and culture imprints us Just living in a country is a vibratory imprint. All the collective attentions, of all the people who live there - imprint us.” PeopleCountryWholeCultureLanguageAttentionAwarenessTelevisionBuddhismCollectives Author:Frederick Lenz
“The teaching that we receive is not necessarily very accurate. The value systems that our cultures have developed are not every open. They are very restrictive. We live in an age that is not enlightened.” AgeValuesHumanityCultureTeachingBuddhismEnlightenedAccurateValue Systems Author:Frederick Lenz
“Sexuality is the primary focus of our culture, and almost no one has come to resolve it.” CultureFocusBuddhismSexualityPrimariesResolve Author:Frederick Lenz
“This culture seems to be so obsessed with sexuality, the good and the bad of it. Every advertisement, every preacher, everybody's concerned, one way or the other about sexuality.” WaySeemsCultureBuddhismConcernedSexualityOne WayObsessedPreacherAdvertisements Author:Frederick Lenz
“Buddhism ... is not a culture but a critique of culture, an enduring nonviolent revolution or "loyal opposition" to the culture in which it is involved.” CultureRevolutionBuddhismInvolvedEndureOppositionLoyalCritique Author:Alan Watts
“I think there's beauty in repetition. And that's part of my culture and African culture as well: repeated things, mantra. It's spiritual, it's meditation, it's Buddhism, it's praying, it's all these things.” ThinkingWellsSpiritualCultureMeditationBuddhismPrayingRepetitionMantrasAfrican Culture Author:Robert Glasper
“A very enjoyable meditation on the curious thing called 'Zen' -not the Japanese religious tradition but rather the Western clich of Zen that is embraced in advertising, self-help books, and much more. . . . Yamada, who is both a scholar of Buddhism and a student of archery, offers refreshing insight into Western stereotypes of Japan and Japanese culture, and how these are received in Japan.” BookSelfHelpingCultureReligiousMeditationSelf HelpStudentsBuddhismOffersTraditionWesternInsightAdvertisingCuriousJapanScholarStereotypeEnjoyableRefreshingReligious TraditionsJapanese CultureArcherySelf Help BooksHelp Book Author:Alexander Gardner