5 Quotes by Greg Bender

He has that effect even if you don't buy into any of it.

He gives the impression of tranquility, yes. But there's a great depth of personality there, and a sort of fatherliness. You definitely feel that you ought to take his advice.

He gives the impression of tranquility, yes, ... But there's a great depth of personality there, and a sort of fatherliness. You definitely feel that you ought to take his advice.

Look, ... his work, as he has said many times, is creating peace. In reality, if people are kind, they embody the very essence of what Buddhism stands for. These criticisms come from people who can't see past their own agendas.

Usually, when he does these things, he'll give a talk, and then he and everyone else leaves and comes back the next day. Here, the students stayed together and were able to keep talking in the halls and the restaurants and lobby.