Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others.
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Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.
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Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful. He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.
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Rely on the teaching, not on the person; Rely on the meaning, not on the words; Rely on the definitive meaning, not on the provisional; Rely on your wisdom mind, not on your ordinary mind.
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Be greatly aware of the present.
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Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.
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The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds the law.
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When phenomena are individually analyzed as selfless, and what has been analyzed is meditated upon, that is the cause for attaining the fruit, nirvana. One does not go to peace through any other cause.
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Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.
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The trouble is you think you have time.
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You create what you defend against.
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After 48 years, I have said nothing.
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If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.
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...One who possesses four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and gratitude or thankfulness. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there.
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Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy.
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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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To know and not to use is not yet to know!
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It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.
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If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.
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Mindfulness of the body leads to nirvana.
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Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.
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As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.
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Dependent Origination is the teaching (that life) is not the mere play of blind chance, but has an existence that is dependent upon conditions. That, precisely with the removal of these conditions, those things that have arisen in dependence upon them-thus also all suffering-must perforce disappear and cease to be.
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It is because of their tranquil thoughts That creatures go to prosperity.