Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone, do I reach the happiness of freedom, to which no worldlings attain. If you have not put an end to compulsions, nurse your faith.
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Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession.
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It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people.
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If I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it.
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Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat? this is the mark of the wise.
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Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.
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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
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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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For all mortals, birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering.
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A raft needed to cross the river is discarded when the other shore is reached, not carried about on one's head.
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I knew that most people never see this reality because they attach to the material aspect of the world. Illusions of self and other fill their vision. I also realized there are those with little dust limiting their vision.
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Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used.
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Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.
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And more importantly - what we have chosen to do.
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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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May I hold myself in compassion. May I meet the suffering and ignorance of others with compassion.
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If a man's thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.
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The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, decre- pitude is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings. To face a man of hatred is suffering, to be separated from a beloved one is suffering, to be vainly struggling to satisfy one's needs is suffering. In fact, life that is not free from desire and passion is always involved with 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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(The real brahmin is the one who:) ... has crossed beyond duality ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both ...(is) settled in mind ... without inflowing thoughts ...is without attachment ...endures undisturbed criticism, ill-treatment and bonds, (and is) strong in patience ...(is) without anger, devout, upright, free from craving, disciplined and in his last body ...has experienced the end of his suffering here in this life, who has set down the burden, freed!
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If you have done good, set your mind upon it so that it may be repeated over and over again. Allow yourself to be pleased by good. Accumulating good is joyful.
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He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill - him I do call a holy man.
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You yourself must earnestly practice, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path.
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To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.