Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.
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O how sweet it is to enjoy life, Living in honesty and strength! And wisdom is sweet, And freedom.
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Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.
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Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor.
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Few cross over the river. Most are stranded on this side. On the riverbank they run up and down. But the wise man, following the way, Crosses over, beyond the reach of death. He leaves the dark way For the way of light.
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Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed.
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Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.
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Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man, "If you offer me a piece of paper and I refuse to accept it, what happens to the paper?" "Why, it stays with me, of course," the villager replied. Buddha smiled gently, "And that is exactly what I am doing with your abuse," he said. "I am not accepting it, therefore it stays with you."
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Fill your mind with compassion.
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How long the night to the watchman, How long the road to the weary traveller, How long the wandering of many lives To the fool who misses the way.
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Analyzing through special insight and realizing the lack of inherent existence constitute understanding of the signless.
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By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it, he tries to correct it. And when another acknowledges a shortcoming, the wise one forgives it as he should.
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It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings.
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Keeping away for all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impunities.
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In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what is sensed, there should be just the sensed; In what is thought, there should be just the thought. He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.
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When ignorant people see someone who is dead, they are disgusted and horrified, even thought they too will be dead some day. I thought to myself: I don't want to be like the ignorant people. After then, I couldn't feel the usual intoxication with life anymore.
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Forgive and be free. Forget that you have forgiven and be freer.
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By defilement of mind, beings are defiled; by purification of mind, beings are purified.
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There are these two kinds of gifts: a gift of material things & a gift of the Dhamma. Of the two, this is supreme: a gift of the Dhamma.
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Remember that the only constant in life is change.
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If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you.
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs,follow that wise man ; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him.
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Our good and bad deeds follow us almost like a shadow.
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I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.