Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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Better than chanting a thousand words in a dead language is one soothing word spoken in the vernacular.
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And more importantly - what we have chosen to do.
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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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Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.
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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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To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
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Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.
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Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.
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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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Treat others with respect. How you treat others will be how they treat you.
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Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.
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The kingdom of heaven is closer than the brow above the eye but mankind does not see it.
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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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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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Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.
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Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.
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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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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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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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He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
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Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. Then as you stand or walk, Sit or lie down, As long as you are awake, Strive for this with a one-pointed mind; Your life will bring heaven to earth.
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Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker.
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More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.