Quotes by : Damien Keown

This … perception of impermanence … gives rise to the knowledge that even those things which seem....

Individuals create themselves through their moral choices. By freely and repeatedly choosing certain....

Zen has a pronounced iconoclastic tendency, and regards the study of texts, doctrines, and dogmas as....

Is it necessary to believe in the existence of the six realms and the heavens and hells to be a Buddhist?....

all living creatures are entitled to respect in their own right, not simply because of the utility they....

history has no overall direction or purpose

By learning to observe without becoming involved, the pattern of stimulus-response which underlies most....