Top 1138 Quotes & Sayings by Gautama Buddha - Page 2

Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. Rest in a mind like vast sky.

Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not. Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself [by the way you think about the 'pain' you receive]. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. [You can always be grateful that the pain is not worse in quality, quantity, frequency, duration, etc]

All life is temporary Why worry about anything that's only temporary

Do not judge yourself harshly. Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world.

Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives.

Do not learn how to react. Learn how to respond.

Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fierce compassion. However much we disagree with our enemies, our task is to identify with them. They too feel justified in their point of view.

Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.

The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.

Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. Then as you stand or walk, Sit or lie down, As long as you are awake, Strive for this with a one-pointed mind; Your life will bring heaven to earth.

Flower and thorn are in the same stem.

Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.

The kingdom of heaven is closer than the brow above the eye but mankind does not see it.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside.

Kindness should become the natural way of life,not the exception.

One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted. "No, I am not a teacher." "Then what are you?" asked the student exasperated. "I am awake," Buddha replied.

Life is a river always flowing. do not hold onto things. work hard.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.

A truly wise man does not play leapfrog with a unicorn.

The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.

In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man, "If you offer me a piece of paper and I refuse to accept it, what happens to the paper?" "Why, it stays with me, of course," the villager replied. Buddha smiled gently, "And that is exactly what I am doing with your abuse," he said. "I am not accepting it, therefore it stays with you."

Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.

Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.

Your worst enemy is your best teacher.

Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

If a man possesses a repentant spirit his sins will disappear, but if he has an unrepentant spirit his sins will continue and condemn him for their sake forever.

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.

We begin to die from the moment we are born, for birth is the cause of death. The nature of decay is inherent in youth, the nature of sickness is inherent in health, in the midst of life we are verily in death.

Consider Others as Yourself.

Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today. Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore. Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them.

The greatest victory is the one over oneself.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

Whatever suffering there is in this world,all arises from desiring only myself to be happy.And whatever joy there is in this world,all arises from desiring to share my happiness with everyone.

Sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth. But if you cling to it too strongly, then even when the truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you will not open it.

The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.

True love is born from understanding.

The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, only you're the one who gets burned.

There are three ways to correct our faults:We can change through behavior We can change through understanding We can change heart

True and lasting inner peace can never be found in external things. It can only be found within in. And then, once we find and nurture it with ourselves, it radiates outward.

If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.

A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool.

Happiness follows sorrow, sorrow follows happiness, but when one no longer discriminates happiness and sorrow, a good deal and a bad deed, one is able to realize freedom.

Do not believe anything on the mere authority of teachers or priests. Accept as true and as the guide to your life only that which accords with your own reason and experience, after thorough investigation. Accept only that which contributes to the well-being of yourself and others.

All beings tremble before violence. All love life. All fear death. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?

Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.

Bring your mind to noble silence. Unify your mind in noble silence. Concentrate your mind in noble silence... Enter into rapture and pleasure born of silence derived of concentration and awareness that is free from thought and fabrication.

Do not interrogate silence because silence is mute; do not expect anything from the gods, nor should you try to bribe them with gifts, because it is in ourselves that we must look for liberation.

Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.

If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own.

Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.

They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth.

Wherever we go, wherever we remain, the results of our actions follow us.