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Buddhism

«The teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible. The religion of Buddha has the capacity to change according to times, a quality which no other religion can claim to have...Now what is the basis of Buddhism? If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion.»
«Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.»
«Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.»
Author: Uma Thurman (Actress) | Keywords: Buddhism, major
«The main difference between us, Buddhism and other philosophies, is that we do not accept the notion of a living god, but rather that we are responsible for our future happiness.»
«The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.»
«If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.»
«The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on experience, which refuses dogmatic. If there's any religion that would cope the scientific needs it will be Buddhism....»
«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.»
«In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.»
Author: Dalai Lama | About: Buddhism | Keywords: absolute truth, Buddhism, relative