40 quotes found
“All beings tremble before violence.All fear death.All love life.See yourself in others.Then whom can you hurt?What harm can you do?”
“Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.”
“O let us live in joy, in love among those who hate! Among men who hate, let us live in love.”
“Mind is a forerunner of all actions.All deeds are led by mind, created by mind.If one speaks or acts with corrupt mind, suffering follows,As the wheel follows the hoof of an ox pulling a cart.Mind ...”
“Yellow leaves hang on your tree of life. The messengers of death are waiting. You are going to travel far away. Have you any provisions for the journey?”
“Animosity does not eradicate animosity. Only by loving kindness is animosity dissolved. This law is ancient and eternal. (attributed to Buddha)”
“If he makes himself as good as he tells others to be, then he in truth can teach others. Difficult indeed is self-control.”
“All beings tremble before danger, all fear death. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.”
“Greater than all the joysOf heaven and earth,Greater still than dominionOver all the worlds,Is the joy of reaching the stream.”
“You are as the yellow leaf.The messengers of death are at hand.You are to travel far away.What will you take with you?You are the lampTo lighten the way.Then hurry, hurry.When your light shinesWith...”
“I shall live here in the rains,There in winter,Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool,Not aware of the nearness of death.”
“Whatever is impermanent is dukkha (Yad anicca ta dukkha).”
“Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection, safety and security, jus...”
“If there is no wound in your hand You can carry poison in your hand.Poison does not attack one who is unwounded. There is no evil for one who does not do evil.”
“Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention”
“Though you recite much scripture, If you are unaware and do not act accordingYou are like a cowherd counting others' cattle, Not a sharer in the wanderer's life.”
“But the scent of the good is blown against the wind: A good man perfumes all directions.”
“In the village, a sage should go about Like a bee, which, not harmingFlower, colour or scent, Flies off with the nectar.”
“Watchfulness is the path of immortality:Unwatchfulness is the path of death.Those who are watchful never die:Those who do not watch are already as dead.Those who with a clear mind have seen this tr...”
“Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ).”
