Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.
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Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.
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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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We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience.
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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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However young, the seeker who sets out upon the way Shines bright over the world. But day and night the person who is awake Shines in the radiance of the spirit. Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work, with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine!
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Kindnessis giving others happiness. Compassionis removing others' bitterness. Joyis freeing others from suffering.
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Peace comes from within; do not try to seek it without.
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A truly wise man does not play leapfrog with a unicorn.
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Give the people - confidence. Give the people - delight. Give the people - hope. Give the people - the best.
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Household life is crowded and dusty; life gone forth is wide open... Suppose I shave off my hair and beard, put on the ochre robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness.
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The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one resting place after another.
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Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently.
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There is nothing like lust. Lust may be said to be the most powerful passion. Fortunately, we have but one thing which is more powerful. If the thirst for truth were weaker than passion, how many of us in the world would be able to follow the way of righteous?
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Do not underestimate what you specific conventional, nor covetousness others. He who envies others does not terra firma organization of intellect.
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When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.
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All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse to expedient devices, Need have no more doubts or uncertainties. Your hearts shall give rise to great joy, Since you know that you yourselves Shall become Buddhas.
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As long as one feels that he is the doer, he cannot escape from the wheel of births.
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You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.
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A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts.
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For all mortals, birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering.
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How deeply did you learn to let go?
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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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Doubt everything. Find your own light.