Top 1138 Quotes & Sayings by Gautama Buddha - Page 17

Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.

Having abandoned the taking of life, refraining from killing, we dwell without violence, with the knife laid down, scrupulous, full of mercy, trembling with compassion for all sentient beings.

He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached to sensuality is truly called one who is bound upstream.

But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs.

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.

Meat-eating is condemned by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Sravakas; if one devours meat out of shamelessness he will always be devoid of sense.

Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme.

If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and what is wrong. Receiving all opinions equally, Without haste, wisely, Observe the dharma.

A wrong action may not bring its reaction at once, even as fresh milk turns not sour at once: like a smouldering fire concealed under ashes it consumes the wrongdoer, the fool.

To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.

Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.

O seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing.

Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove.

Explanation of the unspeakable cannot be finished.

There is pleasure And there is bliss. Forgo the first to possess the second. If you are happy At the expense of another man's happiness, You are forever bound.

Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor.

You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of defilements.

I will teach you the Truth and the Path leading to the Truth.

Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should make himself a lot of good karma.

Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.

The seeker is that which is being sought.

It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own.

You are all the Buddha.

Not even death can wipe out our good deeds

Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.

One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was my doing. They should accept my authority in all matters great or small." This is a fool's way of thinking. His self-seeking and conceit just increase.

When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish to follow the Way, make your own hearts clean from the dirt of evil passion, and your conduct will be unimpeachable.

A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts.

To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat.

Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains. When the Way is attained and the truth is seen, ignorance vanishes and enlightenment abides forever.

To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded.

I call it nirvana, the complete destruction of old age and dying.

Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat? this is the mark of the wise.

And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.

Look within, thou art the Buddha.

Rid of craving and without clinging, an expert in the study of texts, and understanding the right sequence of the words, he may indeed be called "In his last body", "Great in wisdom" and a "Great man."

Overcoming yourself is better than overcoming a million enemies in battle.

There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred.

Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy.

Know what you do not know.

All beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you free their lives, you are Buddha.

As long as one feels that he is the doer, he cannot escape from the wheel of births.

It is because of their tranquil thoughts That creatures go to prosperity.

Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever's not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.

An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the fool.

Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.

Buddha is in our hearts. Buddha is in our mouths. Buddha is in our daily lives.

Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.

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.

Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read, or hear from others, whether of authority, religious teachers or texts.

The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.

The fiercest fire is hatred.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Joyful is the accumulation of good work.

The world is continuous flux and is impermanent.

Believe there is good in the world.

What is most needed is a loving heart.