Gautama Buddha Quotes
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There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.
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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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Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .
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Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.
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Beware of the anger of the body. Master the body. Let it serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mind. Master your thoughts. Let them serve truth.
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Let a man overcome anger by love.
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Unkind people spread malicious tales, and well-intentioned people also censure; but in either case the tranquil sage remains unconcerned. Nowhere is there to be found a disconcerted sage.
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Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
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Rain falls, wind blows, plants bloom, leaves mature and are blown away; these phenomena are all interrelated with causes and conditions, are brought about by them, and disappear as the causes and conditions change.
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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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Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.
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Here even the various mind-pleasing blossoming flowers, and attractive shining supreme golden houses, have no inherently existent maker at all. They are set up through the power of thought. Through the power of conceptuality the world is established.
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He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinfolk.
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The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful.
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Those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.
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How deeply did you learn to let go?
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The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal.
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With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.
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So in this case, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, 'This contemplative is our teacher.' When you know for yourselves that, 'These qualities are unskillful; these qualities are blameworthy; these qualities are criticized by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to harm & to suffering' - then you should abandon them.
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Why are you so sure parallel lines exist? Believe nothing, merely because you have been told it, or because it is traditional, or because you have imagined it.
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Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow.
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Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through delusive thinking they fail to perceive this.
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We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.
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One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.