Gautama Buddha Quotes
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For those struggling in midstream, in great fear of the flood, of growing old and of dying for all those I say, an island exists where there is no place for impediments, no place for clinging: the island of no going beyond. I call it nirvana, the complete destruction of old age and dying.
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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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Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever's not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.
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It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.
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This is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is, good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship. When a monk has a good friend, a good companion, a good comrade, it is to be expected that he will develop and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path.
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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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Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
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Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.
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More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.
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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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Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.
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Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.
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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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Just as a chariot is verbalized, in dependence on collections of parts, so conventionally a sentient being, is set up depending on the mental and physical aggregates.
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Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.
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Those which are produced from causes are not produced. they do not have an inherent nature of production. those which depend on causes are said to be empty; those who know emptiness are aware.
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That which goeth up must needs come down; and that which is down must needs go up. But Brahma has ordained that the that that goeth up is seldom the same as the that that hath gone down.
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Love is a fleeting emotion, to reach true nirvana one must know themselves and forsake love, for it breeds contempt.
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Sit Rest Work. Alone with yourself, Never weary. On the edge of the forest Live joyfully, Without desire.
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Those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.
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He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached to sensuality is truly called one who is bound upstream.
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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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Radiate boundless love towards the entire world - above, below, and across - unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.
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Don't believe a teaching just because you've heard it from a man who's supposed to be holy, or because it's contained in a book supposed to be holy, or because all your friends and neighbors believe it. But whatever you've observed and analyzed for yourself and found to be reasonable and good, then accept that and put it into practice.