Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Mind is everything. What we think, we become.
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The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal.
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To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.
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Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.
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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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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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If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good.
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Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.
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For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat.
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If I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it.
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For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.
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When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.
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Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
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Rather than continuing to seek the truth, simply let go of your views.
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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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Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.
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What's done to the children is done to society.
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Your suffering is my suffering and your happiness is my happiness.
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What I know is like the leaves on that tree; what I teach is only a small part. But I offer it to all with an open hand. What do I not teach? Whatever is fascinating to discuss, divides people against each other, but has no bearing on putting an end to sorrow. What do I teach? Only what is necessary to take you to the other shore.
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Explanation of the unspeakable cannot be finished.
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Look within, thou art the Buddha.
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From eating meat arrogance is born, from arrogance erroneous imaginations issue, and from imagination is born greed; and for this reason refrain from eating meat.
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If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
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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.