Gautama Buddha Quotes
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When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!
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Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.
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The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity.
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All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.
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Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect.
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Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.
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When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.
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Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do.
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Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.
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If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?
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On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.
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When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.
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Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.
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The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
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When you know for yourselves, 'These things are wholesome; these things are blameless; these things are praised by the wise; these things, if undertaken and practiced, lead to welfare and happiness,' then you should engage in them.
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A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool.
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The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool.
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Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.
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Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world: As star at dawn, a bubble in a stream A flash of lightning in a summer cloud A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
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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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Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks.
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For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.
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May all that have life be delivered from suffering.
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Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.