“The Buddhist doctrine of impermanence includes the notion that there is no self... It holds that the idea of a separate, individual self is an illusion, just another form of maya, an intellectual concept that has no reality. To cling to this idea of a separate self leads to the same pain and suffering (duhkha) as the adherence to any other fixed category of thought.”
— Fritjof Capra, The Web of Life (1996) Ch.12
“Gay subject–subject consciousness is more compatible with Buddhist non‐duality than the hetero subject–object consciousness. It can be claimed, therefore, that Buddha Nature, and Buddhism itself, is queer.”
— Roger Corless, "Towards a queer dharmology of sex," Culture and Religion, vol. 5, no. 2 (2004)
“If I had to pick a religion, I'd pick Buddhism. Buddhism is a kindly religion. It says you got a chance... it's got humor, it's got wisdom, it says to be nice to each other. All the rest of them have gods that want to beat the crap out of you if you defy the rules.”
— Harlan Ellison, in the clue book for the computer version of I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, as quoted on "Secular Web Kiosk".
“For 2500 years, Buddhists have systematically studied the essence and cause of happiness. which is why there is a growing interest among the scientific community both in their philosophy and their meditation practices.”
— Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), Chapter 19: "And they lived happily Ever After"
“In the religiosity of Zen Buddhism, demythologization of the mythical and existentialization of the scientific belong to one and the same process.”
— Keiji Nishitani as cited in Zen Skin, Zen Marrow (Oxford: 2008), p. 134
“Can Beijing rewrite history to make the world believe that Buddhism is “Chinese”? And that the PRC should take the lead in the propagation of the teachings of the Great Monk, who more than 2,500 years ago wandered in the plains of North India, preaching compassion, mindfulness, and interdependent arising? By that, Beijing wants to teach Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhists.”
— Marco Respinti, "The Chinese Communist Party Teaches Tibetan Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhists", Bitter Winter (July 2, 2026)

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Notable quotes

“The Buddhist doctrine of impermanence includes the notion that there is no self... It holds that the idea of a separate, individual self is an illusion, just another form of maya, an intellectual concept that has no reality. To cling to this idea of a separate self leads to the same pain and suffering (duhkha) as the adherence to any other fixed category of thought.”
— Fritjof Capra, The Web of Life (1996) Ch.12
“Gay subject–subject consciousness is more compatible with Buddhist non‐duality than the hetero subject–object consciousness. It can be claimed, therefore, that Buddha Nature, and Buddhism itself, is queer.”
— Roger Corless, "Towards a queer dharmology of sex," Culture and Religion, vol. 5, no. 2 (2004)
“If I had to pick a religion, I'd pick Buddhism. Buddhism is a kindly religion. It says you got a chance... it's got humor, it's got wisdom, it says to be nice to each other. All the rest of them have gods that want to beat the crap out of you if you defy the rules.”
— Harlan Ellison, in the clue book for the computer version of I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, as quoted on "Secular Web Kiosk".
“For 2500 years, Buddhists have systematically studied the essence and cause of happiness. which is why there is a growing interest among the scientific community both in their philosophy and their meditation practices.”
— Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), Chapter 19: "And they lived happily Ever After"
“In the religiosity of Zen Buddhism, demythologization of the mythical and existentialization of the scientific belong to one and the same process.”
— Keiji Nishitani as cited in Zen Skin, Zen Marrow (Oxford: 2008), p. 134
“Can Beijing rewrite history to make the world believe that Buddhism is “Chinese”? And that the PRC should take the lead in the propagation of the teachings of the Great Monk, who more than 2,500 years ago wandered in the plains of North India, preaching compassion, mindfulness, and interdependent arising? By that, Beijing wants to teach Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhists.”
— Marco Respinti, "The Chinese Communist Party Teaches Tibetan Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhists", Bitter Winter (July 2, 2026)