Gautama Buddha Quotes
-
By your own efforts waken yourself, watch yourself. And live joyfully.
-
Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away.
-
Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.
-
Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.
-
It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.
-
If beings knew, as I know, the results of sharing gifts, they would not enjoy their gifts without sharing them with others, nor would the taint of stinginess obsess the heart and stay there. even if it were their last and final bit of food, they would not enjoy its use without sharing it, if there were anyone to receive it.
-
Live every act fully, as if it were your last.
-
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.
-
It is in this way that I went forth to teach.
-
My teaching is not a philosophy. It is the result of direct experience... My teaching is a means of practice, not something to hold onto or worship. My teaching is like a raft used to cross the river. Only a fool would carry the raft around after he had already reached the other shore of liberation.
-
Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is good luck.
-
If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But if you cannot find Friend or master to go with you, Travel on alone.
-
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.
-
Don't just do something, be there.
-
There is pleasure And there is bliss. Forgo the first to possess the second. If you are happy At the expense of another man's happiness, You are forever bound.
-
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.
-
Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours.
-
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.
-
Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention
-
If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
-
Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom.
-
The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all other joys, and the cessation of desire conquers all suffering.
-
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
-
For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat.