Gautama Buddha Quotes
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If one doth act in friendly wise, With no evil thought toward any single creature, And in so doing becometh proper, And if he have compassion in his soul Toward all living beings--this noble one Doth acquire abundant Virtue.
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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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The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.
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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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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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Even if everyone elseIs not doing good,I alone will.Even if everyone elseis doing wrong,I alone will not.
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There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.
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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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The mind is pure and luminous by nature. It is defiled only by adventitious thoughts and emotions.
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Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world.
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So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that ancient path, that ancient road? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.
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Sustaining a loving heart, even for a moment, makes one a spiritual being.
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Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.
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Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.
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Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.
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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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Better than chanting a thousand words in a dead language is one soothing word spoken in the vernacular.
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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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More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.
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Everything changes, nothing remains without change.
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Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.
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Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
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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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It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.