Top 1138 Quotes & Sayings by Gautama Buddha - Page 19

As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.

So in this case, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, 'This contemplative is our teacher.' When you know for yourselves that, 'These qualities are unskillful; these qualities are blameworthy; these qualities are criticized by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to harm & to suffering' - then you should abandon them.

Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.

Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself. Heed fast to the truth as a lamp.

If beings knew, as I know, the results of sharing gifts, they would not enjoy their gifts without sharing them with others, nor would the taint of stinginess obsess the heart and stay there. even if it were their last and final bit of food, they would not enjoy its use without sharing it, if there were anyone to receive it

If I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it.

He that distributeth not That which he hath received-- His food, his drink, his sustenance-- Unto devotee, brahman, beggar, wayfarer-- Such a low man as he, they say, is like Unto a lack of rain.

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

Let go the past, let go the future, and let go the present (front, back, middle). Crossing to the farther shore of existence, with mind released everywhere, do not further undergo birth and decay.

The good shine from afar Like the snowy Himalayas. The bad don't appear Even when near, Like arrows shot into the night.

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

'Wherefore, brethren, thus must ye train yourselves : Liberation of the will through love will develop, we will often practice it, we will make it vehicle and base, take our stand upon it, store it up, throughly set it going.'

Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding, like a lamp overturned and re-lit, illuminating the darkness.

To do a little good is more than to accomplish great conquests.

If a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out.

Through one all are known, through one all are also seen

Let yourself be open and life will be easier.

Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully and fearlessly, In the midst of the bodhisattvas Frankly casting aside my expedient devices, Merely preach the Unexcelled Path.

Here will I live in the rainy season, here in the autumn and in the summer: thus muses the fool. He realizes not the danger (of death).

The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.

To have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline, and to be of good speech -- this is the greatest blessing.

These are the roots of trees, O monks, these are empty huts. Meditate, monks, do not be negligent, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.

It is in this way that I went forth to teach.

Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

From a withered tree, a flower blooms

Do not disregard the accumulation of goodness, saying, 'This will come to nothing.' By the gradual falling of raindrops, a jar is filled.

There are friendships to one who lives in society; thus our present grief arises from having friendships; observing the evils resulting from friendship, let one walk alone like a rhinoceros.

Be a light unto yourself.

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across?

When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!

Let a man overcome anger by love.

Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.

Those who walk in the Way should avoid sensualism as those who carry hay would avoid coming near the fire.

As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Through true honestydeeply believethat all sentient-beings are one.That all beings have the sametrue nature,wisdom,virtue.

The big belly can accommodate all kinds of things. The benevolence is never let a dust behind.

The man that is dominated by Anger Doth not know what is seemly and seeth not the Law; That man whom Hate doth accompany, Becometh like unto murky darkness.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering. One should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.

For he that is delighted by concord, And who abideth in the Law, Falleth not from Security.

Only he who crosses the stream of life wishes to know what is known as unknowable.

Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord with your belief, nor because it is the saying of your teacher. Be lamps unto yourselves. Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall rely upon themselves only and not look for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who shall reach the topmost height.

The Beautiful chariots of kings wear out, This body too undergoes decay. But the Dhamma of the good does not decay: So the good proclaim along with the good.

A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.

Just as you have come to know, the false discrimination of yourself, apply this mentally to all phenomena

Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, which lead on to the deathless stage experienced by the wise

When you know for yourselves, 'These things are wholesome; these things are blameless; these things are praised by the wise; these things, if undertaken and practiced, lead to welfare and happiness,' then you should engage in them.

Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.

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.

All fear violence, all are afraid of death.

There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.

To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.