Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .
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If a man possesses a repentant spirit his sins will disappear, but if he has an unrepentant spirit his sins will continue and condemn him for their sake forever.
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Do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others. A person is destroyed by holding judgments about others.
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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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If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst will grow stronger and stronger, unquenched, and your pain will grow with your defilements.
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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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You yourself must earnestly practice, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path.
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To have everything is to possess nothing.
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This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.
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Love lasts when the relationship comes first.
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Like fresh milk a bad deed does not turn at once. It follows a fool scorching him like a smouldering fire.
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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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The big belly can accommodate all kinds of things. The benevolence is never let a dust behind.
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I have the True Dharma Eye, the Marvelous Mind of Nirvana, the True Form of the Formless, and the Subtle Dharma Gate, independent of words and transmitted beyond doctrine. This I have entrusted to Mahakashyapa.
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The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred and error.
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Man's troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.
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Through true honestydeeply believethat all sentient-beings are one.That all beings have the sametrue nature,wisdom,virtue.
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Make of yourself a light.
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Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.
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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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Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. The elephant hauls himself from the mud. In the same way drag yourself out of your sloth.
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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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He that distributeth not That which he hath received-- His food, his drink, his sustenance-- Unto devotee, brahman, beggar, wayfarer-- Such a low man as he, they say, is like Unto a lack of rain.
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When giving to others do not linger on thoughts of a giving, what was given, or the one who has received.