Gautama Buddha Quotes
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I will purify my bodily actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my verbal actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my mental actions through repeated reflection. That's how you should train yourself.
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A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.
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A disciplined mind brings happiness.
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Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation.
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With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
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As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all.
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The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.
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Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love.
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Follow the truth of the way. Reflect upon it. Make it your own. Live it. It will always sustain you.
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To meditate is to listen with a receptive heart.
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Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. Rest in a mind like vast sky.
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For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.
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Do not speak - unless it improves on silence.
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Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.
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Concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.
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Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
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If you don't see God in the next person you meet, look no further.
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And for a disciple thus freed, in whose heart dwells peace, there is nothing to be added to what has been done, and naught more remains for him to do. Just as a rock of one solid mass remains unshaken by the wind, even so, neither forms, nor sounds, nor odors, nor tastes, nor contacts of any kind, neither the desired, nor the undesired, can cause such an one to waver. Steadfast is his mind, gained is deliverance.
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All living beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas.
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Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.
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When things are going well, be mindful of adversity When prosperous, be mindful of poverty When loved, be mindful of thoughtfulness When respected, be mindful of humility.
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Do not learn how to react. Learn how to respond.
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The Truth is not Arbitrary or a Matter of Opinion, but can be Investigated, and Those who Earnestly Search for the Truth will Find It. The Truth is Hidden to the Blind, but he who has the Mental Eye Sees the Truth.