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Quote Left Taoism: Shit happens Hare krishna: Shit happens Rama Rama Ding Ding Hinduism: This shit has happened before Islam: That shit happens is the will of Allah Zen: What is the sound of shit happening? Existentialism: Shit doesn't happen; shit is Buddhism: When shit happens, is it really shit? Confucianism: Confucius say, 'Shit happens' 7th day Adventist: Shit happens on Saturdays Protestantism: Shit won't happen if I work harder Protestantism: If shit happens, it happens to someone else Catholicism: If shit happens, you deserved it Jehovah's Witnesses: Knock, knock, 'Shit happens' Jehovah's Witnesses: No shit happens until Armaggedon Unitarian: What is this shit? Mormon: Shit happens again & again & again Judaism: Oy vey! Why does this shit always happen to us? Pentacostalism: Praise the shit! Atheism: There is no shit! New Age: Shit happens and it happens to smell good Rastafarianism: Let's smoke this shit Shit Happens, in various World Religions Quote Right
Quote Left From 676 to 737 A.D., under the Japanese emperor , the eating of all meat, including fish, was outlawed in Japan. From 737 A.D. until the late 19th century the eating of all meat other than seafood was not permitted. But even then, fish was generally only eaten by most people on special occasions. Dogen, the founder of the Soto Zen school of Buddhism, the main sect of Zen Buddhism, in the 12th century, instituted the requirements of a vegan diet for all his students, and that practice is still followed by observant Zen practitioners. Quote Right
Quote Left Most of us are able to obtain an abundance of nonflesh foods that can keep us robustly healthy our whole lives. With such a variety of nonanimal foods available, who would choose to support the slaughter mills and foster the misery involved in factory farming by continuing to eat flesh? . . . It is sad to see how many American Buddhists are managing to find a self-satisfying accommodation to eating meat . . . [In the first Bodhisattva vow of Mahayana Buddhism] we commit our compassion to all beings, not just humans. Eschewing meat is one way to express that commitment to the welfare of other creatures. Quote Right
Quote Left A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality. Quote Right
Quote Left The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity. Quote Right
Quote Left Buddhism helps people to overcome pain. The deepest pain that Chinese people feel now is the pain of separation from loved ones, one of the eight pains in Buddhism. Quote Right
Quote Left I think all sorts of things do [help], in terms of Buddhism, in terms of therapy. I think people choose things that they need that are going to help them. And obviously, I've seen my father do some magnificent work. Quote Right
Quote Left Look, ... his work, as he has said many times, is creating peace. In reality, if people are kind, they embody the very essence of what Buddhism stands for. These criticisms come from people who can't see past their own agendas. Quote Right
Quote Left 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. Quote Right
Quote Left Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt. Quote Right

Member Quotes About Buddhism

Quote Left It is easy to born as a human, but to be a real human is hard. Be a real human again is much harder. It is not difficult to born in a blessed land, only if you stick your mouth and heart together at the right place always. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left One thought leads to Heaven. One thought leads to Hell. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Prefer the afterlife better than this one. Never let this life better than next one. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Watering the flowers and the trees, whispering to them, talking to them. Then, they will grow to be more bright and luxuriant. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left It takes hundreds of years sitting together in the same boat. It takes thousands of years sharing the same bed with. It calls: the predestined affinity. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Enjoy the good health. Bring the truth happiness. Care for his own family. Give the peace to all. Firstly, one must discipline and control his own mind. If he can do so, the enlightenment, wisdom and virtue will go to him naturally. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today. Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore. Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains ? - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left No light is brighter than wisdom. Wisdom is the light in the world. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Give the people --- confidence. Give the people --- delight. Give the people --- hope. Give the people --- the best. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much can we contribute to others in our society? - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Doing the good deeds is like the grass in the garden. You don't see its growth. But, it does by days. Doing the wicked deeds is like the hone. You don't see its damage. But, it does by days. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Buddha is in our hearts. Buddha is in our mouths. Buddha is in our daily lives. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right
Quote Left All beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you free their lives, you are Buddha. - Buddhism quotes Quote Right

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