Gautama Buddha Quotes
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If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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Do not interrogate silence because silence is mute; do not expect anything from the gods, nor should you try to bribe them with gifts, because it is in ourselves that we must look for liberation.
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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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Who ever lives looking for pleasure only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his enjoyments, idle and weak, the tempter will certainly overcome him, as the wind blows down a weak tree.
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
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Happy are those who have overcome their egos; happy are those who have attained peace; happy are those who have found the Truth.
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Know well what holds you back, and what moves you forward.
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In exactly the same way, ... scatter your body, your feeling, your perception, your predispositions, your discriminative consciousness, break them up, knock them down, cease to play with them, apply yourself to the destruction of craving for them. Verily, ... the extinction of craving is Nirvana.
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Religion is a cow. It gives milk, but it also kicks.
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It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes.
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Do not carry with you your mistakes. Do not carry your cares. Travel on alone. Like an elephant in the forest.
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The Four Reliances. First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.
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Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.
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After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.
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Believe there is good in the world.
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Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
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From the passions arise worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry.
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Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.
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May everyone be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy.
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Suffering, if it does not diminish love, will transport us to the furthest shore.
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The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.
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The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, for one great cause alone appear in the world. The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, appear in the world because they wish to cause the beings to hear of the Buddha's knowledge and insight and thus enable them to gain purity. They appear in the world because they wish to demonstrate the Buddha's knowledge and insight to the beings. They appear in the world because they wish to cause the beings to understand. They appear in the world because they wish to cause the beings to enter into the path of the Buddha's knowledge and insight.
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Mind is everything. What we think, we become.
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Here even the various mind-pleasing blossoming flowers, and attractive shining supreme golden houses, have no inherently existent maker at all. They are set up through the power of thought. Through the power of conceptuality the world is established.