Glenn H. Mullin - Notable Quotes

Notable Quotes

On Art:

• When reasoning for the frequently reproduced image of the mystic Ghantapada and his female sexual consort, Mullin remarked, "perhaps as an ode to the magic of love . . . and of course the celebration of the human ability to fly."

On Femininity:

• "The goddesses of the Buddhist tradition embody the Buddha's highest teachings of love, compassion, and wisdom."
• "As a collective, these Buddhist goddesses symbolize not just the ideals that we hope to achieve, but the qualities that already intrinsically exist within us."
• "For, as the wheel of karma turns, we have most likely all been men and women through many lifetimes."

On Karma:

• "In Buddhism we say that all things are interdependent, and all experiences are born from causes of a similar nature."
• "I had the good fortune that my positive karma from past lives ripened and I was carried into the surging waters of the enlightenment tradition."

On Tibet:

• "The Olympics in China offers the Tibetans another golden opportunity and an open door. Perhaps they will be wise and open enough to take it."

On War:

• "Contrary to popular opinion, the world's oldest profession most probably is not prostitution. It is war."
• "All world religions speak of world peace as an ideal, and sometimes even as an achievable quality in certain periods of human history. However, like most spiritual traditions emanating from India, Buddhism does not think that the present era qualifies for that luxury."
• "The problem is that, when an individual lacks the foundations of inner peace, the presence of outer peace merely leads to boredom; then in turn the bored and idle mind naturally becomes frustrated and irritable, and ends up creating conflict with others as a form of distraction ..."