The Simpsons (TV Series)
She of Little Faith (2001)
Yeardley Smith: Lisa Simpson
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Quotes
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Lisa Simpson : Lenny and Carl? You guys are Buddhist?
Carl : Oh, yeah. If I didn't have inner peace, I'd go completely psycho on all you guys all the time.
Lisa Simpson : Well, I'm looking for a new faith, one that isn't so materialistic.
Richard Gere : Well, you've come to the right place. Buddhism teaches that suffering is caused by desire.
Lisa Simpson : Richard Gere?
Lenny : Ooh! The world's most famous Buddhist.
Richard Gere : Well, what about the Dalai Lama?
Carl : You know, the fourteenth incarnation of the Buddha Avalokesvara?
Lenny : Who's Buddha?
Richard Gere : It's a good thing Buddhism teaches freedom from desire, 'cause I've got the desire to kick your ass.
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Lisa Simpson : [reading a Buddhist pathlet on her bed] "Nirvana is achieved through right views and right speech. Positive actions lead to happiness; and negative actions leads to unhappiness. No creator gods. Just the pursuit of enlightenment."
Lisa Simpson : [a moment later... ; shouting out of the window, five birds come out from the left tree] I'm a Buddhist!