Gautama Buddha Quotes
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One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realising this a monk should take no pleasure in the respect of others, but should devote himself to solitude.
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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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Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.
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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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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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Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.
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Wisdom makes light the darkness of ignorance.
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Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be whole.
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Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.
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Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, which lead on to the deathless stage experienced by the wise.
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Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today. Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore. Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains.
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If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty, happiness, strength.
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If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.
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Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law.
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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.
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Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .
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Only he who crosses the stream of life wishes to know what is known as unknowable.
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Love lasts when the relationship comes first.
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A person is ruined by taking the measure of other persons.
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Noble friends and companions are the whole of the holy life.
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Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water.
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They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth.
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One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.
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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.