Richard Gere Buddhist Quotations

My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.

The idea of fixing of healing is an important part of any genuine spiritual approach. Kabbalah is very much about this idea of fixing of things that have been damaged. From a Buddhist point of view, things have been damaged because ignorance has intoxicated the mind.

Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.

From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They're a sense of play. But real life is the same. We're just not aware of it.