Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by somekind of cosmic lawgiver.
All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.
In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious.
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.
Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.
There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last couple years.
Buddhism teaches you to embrace change.
I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit.
Mary, my little girl, was confirmed in a Buddhist temple. She saw the Life write up on Buddhism, with pictures of the ceremony, and she said she wanted to be confirmed there because she only liked Jesus as a kid. She was a little disappointed in him when he grew up.
Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.
I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad.
Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.