Gautama Buddha Quotes
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In the light of his vision that is the perspective that allows him to be grateful that things are not worse he has found his freedom and joy: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.
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See the truth, and you will see me.
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Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
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To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing.
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Seeking but not finding the house builder I travelled through life after life. How painful is repeated birth! House-builders, you have now been seen. You will not build the house again.
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Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.
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The world is on fire! And you are laughing? You are deep in the dark. Will you not ask for a light?
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Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, suffering springs up again and again.
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Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.
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He who slings mud loses ground.
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Let us live in joy, never falling sick like those who hate us. Let us live in freedom, without hatred even among those who hate.
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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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The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.
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As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
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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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Release old concepts and energies that keep you in self-punishment patterns. Release old stories and create from a place of love and self-validation. You are worth it!
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The poisonous serpent of afflictions is sleeping in your mind; just as if a black viper were asleep in your room. You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it. When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.
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It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people.
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Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much can we contribute to others in our society ?
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For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat.
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When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the burden, attained the true goal, totally destroyed the fetter of becoming, and is released through right gnosis - the thought doesn't occur to him that 'There is someone better than me,' or 'There is someone equal to me,' or 'There is someone worse than me.'
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O men! you can take life easily but, remember, none of you can give life! So, have mercy, have compassion! And, never forget, that compassion makes the world noble and beautiful.
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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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To live a single day and hear a good teaching is better than to live a hundred years without knowing such teaching.