Gautama Buddha Quotes
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There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana.
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You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of defilements.
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These are the roots of trees, O monks, these are empty huts. Meditate, monks, do not be negligent, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.
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Better than chanting a thousand words in a dead language is one soothing word spoken in the vernacular.
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There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.
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All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.
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Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
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Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.
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As I am, so are others as others are, so am I. Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed.
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If we can look upon our work not for self-benefit,but as a means to benefit society,we will be practicing appreciation and patience in our daily lives.
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May all that have life be delivered from suffering.
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How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.
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If you do not follow the right path, you will be lost.
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Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
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You are as the yellow leaf. The messengers of death are at hand. You are to travel far away. What will you take with you? You are the lamp To lighten the way. Then hurry, hurry. When your light shines.
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How will you become free? With a quiet mind Come into that empty house, your heart, And feel the joy of the way Beyond the world. Look within - The rising and the falling.
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Sustaining a loving heart, even for a moment, makes one a spiritual being.
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Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.
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Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.
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Samsara-the Wheel of Existence, literally, the "Perpetual Wandering"-is the name by which is designated the sea of life ever restlessly heaving up and down, the symbol of this continuous process of ever again and again being born, growing old, suffering, and dying. (It) is constantly changing from moment to moment, (as lives) follow continuously one upon the other through inconceivable periods of time. Of this Samsara, a single lifetime constitutes only a vanishingly tiny fraction.
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Let a man neither give himself over to pleasures ... nor yet let him give himself over to self-mortification ... To the exclusion of both these extremes, the Truth-Finder has discovered a middle course.
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When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.
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Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die.
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.