Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Not even death can wipe out our good deeds.
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now, housebuilder, I have found you out. You will not build me a house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridge-pole shattered. My mind is free from active thought, and has made an end of craving.
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For one who is a learner and who has not yet come to master their mind, but who dwells aspiring for peace from that which binds, making it a matter concerning himself, I know of no other thing as helpful as giving close attention to the mind.
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The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, only you're the one who gets burned.
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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 seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing.
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To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.
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The world is continuous flux and is impermanent.
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There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.
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If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart that brings blessings.
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Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others - he does not partake of the blessings of the holy life.
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There are five things which no one is able to accomplish in this world: first, to cease growing old when he is growing old; second, to cease being sick; third, to cease dying; fourth, to deny dissolution when there is dissolution; fifth, to deny non-being.
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To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering.
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You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel?
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Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: "We will grow in the increase of wisdom" Thus you should train yourselves.
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Wherever we go, wherever we remain, the results of our actions follow us.
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A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings to put a stop to (reincarnation) and escape (suffering), and when they have been so led, not one of them in fact stops (reincarnating) or escapes suffering. Why? Because, if a Bodhisattva believes in the notion of an ego, a personality, or a living being, he is not a true Bodhisattva.
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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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The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.
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The seeker is that which is being sought.
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Wherever you live is your temple, if you treat it like one.
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Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.
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Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace.