Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would not lead you to Nirvana.
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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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For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.
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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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There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is to be mindful.
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Pain is the outcome of sin.
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A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down.
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Live joyfully, without desire.
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The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.
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Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind.
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To know and not to use is not yet to know!
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He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.
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A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.
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Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
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Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised.
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An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the fool.
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He whose inflowing thoughts are dried up, who is unattached to food, whose dwelling place is an empty and imageless release - the way of such a person is hard to follow, like the path of birds through the sky.
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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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Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others.
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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.
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Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
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This is my child, this is my wealth: such thoughts are the preoccupations of fools. If we are unable to own even ourselves, why make such claims?
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Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.
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Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms.