Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views.
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But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.
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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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Let no person think lightly of good, saying in his or her heart, "it will not benefit me." As by the falling of raindrops a jar of water is filled, so the wise person becomes full of good, even though he or she collects it little by little.
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Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.
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In our interactions with others, gentleness, kindness, respectare the source of harmony.
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Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.
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There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.
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If the mind be fixed on the acquirement of any object, that object will be attained.
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Speak or act with a pure mind, and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakable.
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Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.
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When your mind is set in meditative equipoise, you can see reality exactly as it is.
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Whatever suffering there is in this world,all arises from desiring only myself to be happy.And whatever joy there is in this world,all arises from desiring to share my happiness with everyone.
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Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.
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Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy.
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To be concerned with the issue; soul versus non-soul, is to be in bondage to craving for becoming and non-becoming.
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Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.
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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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When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.
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The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.
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Not by mere eloquence, nor by handsome appearance, does a man become good-natured, should he be jealous, selfish and deceitful.
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Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.
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These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!
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The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.