Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances.
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By your own folly you will be brought as low as your worst enemy wishes.
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When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.
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One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one who follows such a wise man, it will be an advantage and not a disadvantage.
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Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove.
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Any material form, or thought, or feeling, past or present, should be regarded as, 'This is not mine, this is not what I am, this is not my self.'
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Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.
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His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust.
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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.
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A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
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Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.
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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.
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Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind.
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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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Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.
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Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
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All have I overcome, all do I know. From all am I detached. All have I renounced. Wholly absorbed am I in ``the destruction of craving. Having comprehended all by myself, whom shall I call my teacher.
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Learn to ne happy with what you have.
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Those who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed; and are not ashamed of what they ought to be - such men, embracing erroneous views, enter the woeful path.
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A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.
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Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
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Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.
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Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.
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By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity and truth we acquire great treasures.