Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.
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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. - Buddha No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
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One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was my doing. They should accept my authority in all matters great or small." This is a fool's way of thinking. His self-seeking and conceit just increase.
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For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear.
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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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Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted.
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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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Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views.
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By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three.
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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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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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From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear?
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How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Perceptions are known they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. This is how a monk stays awake.
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Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.
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Know what you do not know.
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Attachment leads to suffering.
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Radiate boundless love towards the entire world - above, below, and across - unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.
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When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.
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May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending each other. May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness- the children, the aged, the unprotected- be guarded by beneficent celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
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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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When your mind is set in meditative equipoise, you can see reality exactly as it is.
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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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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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To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.