114 quotes found
Founder of Buddhism
“What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay... Everything is impermanence, dissatisfaction and nothing can ever belong to itself”
“I shall live here in the rains,There in winter,Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool,Not aware of the nearness of death.”
“Jvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat should ...”
“So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purification of mind is for the sake of reaching purification of view; purification of view is for the sake ...”
“Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.”
“Bhikkus, all is burning. And what is the all that is burning?The eye is burning, visible forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning; also whatever is felt as pleasant o...”
“All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses.”
“Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me.”
“Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.”
“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”
“Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind. A controlled mind brings happiness.”
“friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.”
“those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.”
“Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughtsof resentment are forgotten.”
“Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”
“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.]”
“Subhuti, someone might fill innumerable worlds with the seven treasures and give all away in gifts of alms, but if any good man or any good woman awakens the thought of Enlightenment and takes even...”
“Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which is doubtful. Now, look you Kālāmas, do not be led by reports, or traditions, or h...”
“So also is the case if I don’t care the one abusing me. He is the one going to be demeaned.”
“Who have not led the holy lifenor riches won while young,they linger on as aged cranesaround a fished-out pond.”
