Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water... Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.
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Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
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Do not believe what you have heard Do not believe in tradition because it is handed down many generations Do not believe in anything that has been spoken of many times Do not believe because the written statements come from some old sage Do not believe in conjecture Do not believe in authority, or teachers, or elders But after careful observation and analysis, when it agrees with reason and it will benefit one and all, then accept it and live by it.
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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.
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Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
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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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You can search the world over and you will find no one who is more deserving of your kindness and well wishing than you yourself.
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He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
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The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much less sons, land, or money.
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Explanation of the unspeakable cannot be finished.
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What's done to the children is done to society.
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Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the Discipline. If they are neither traceable in the Discourses nor verifiable by the Discipline, one must conclude thus: 'Certainly, this is not the Blessed One's utterance; this has been misunderstood by that bhikkhu - or by that community, or by those elders, or by that elder.' In that way, bhikkhus, you should reject it.
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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 hunger of passions is the greatest disease.
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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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There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.
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When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom.
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But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.
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Wisdom makes light the darkness of ignorance.
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Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.
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This is how to contemplate our conditioned existence in this fleeting world: Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream; Like a flash of lightning in a summer cloud, Or a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom, or a dream. So is all conditioned existence to be seen.
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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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Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame.