Life's Meandering Path Quotes

“To me religion is a belief in another person’s experiences, whereas spirituality is having an awareness of your own experiences.”
― karma yeshe rabgye, Life's Meandering Path: A Secular Approach to Gautama Buddha's Guide to Living

“We do not honestly know if we have been here before or if we will come back again. However, what we do know is that we are here now, and it is now that we are suffering. So it makes sense to try our best to reduce our suffering at this time. To”
― karma yeshe rabgye, Life's Meandering Path: A Secular Approach to Gautama Buddha's Guide to Living

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.”
― karma yeshe rabgye, Life's Meandering Path: A Secular Approach to Gautama Buddha's Guide to Living

“Being awake is very different than being enlightened. When we are awakened it is right here, right now, in this very life. It is being awake to, or having an awareness of, the way the world really is, and the impact we have on it and the people around us. It is also within us and not something we need to go searching for in the outside world.”
― karma yeshe rabgye, Life's Meandering Path: A Secular Approach to Gautama Buddha's Guide to Living

“In Gautama Buddha’s day you could put superstitions and omens down to a lack of education, but I am not sure what the reasoning is behind them in today’s society.”
― karma yeshe rabgye, Life's Meandering Path: A Secular Approach to Gautama Buddha's Guide to Living

“It doesn’t matter how many mantras you recite; how many prostrations you do; where you go on a pilgrimage; what so-called higher practice you follow; what language you chant your prayers in; or who your teacher is—if you haven’t become fully aware of your thoughts, these practices are not going to give you the change you desire. That change can come about only when we become aware of what thoughts are arising, and how we deal with these thoughts. Let”
― karma yeshe rabgye, Life's Meandering Path: A Secular Approach to Gautama Buddha's Guide to Living

“If a teacher or a so-called guru offers you enlightenment, tells you he has all the answers, claims his way is the best and quickest way to nirvana and says you have to follow his every word and not question him, I would suggest you be very sceptical, or at the very least ask for proof of his seemingly outlandish claims. Whether”
― karma yeshe rabgye, Life's Meandering Path: A Secular Approach to Gautama Buddha's Guide to Living