He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
One act of pure love in saving life is greater than spending the whole of one's time in religious offerings to the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done.We alone are responsible for our… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
To share happiness, and to have done something good before leaving this life is sweet. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Understand the suffering of worldly existence. Abandon its causes of ignorance and selfishness. Practice the path of meditation and compassion. Awaken from… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not vainly lament, but do wonder at the rule of transiency and learn from it the emptiness of human life. Do… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Those who recognize the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy, and its cessation, have fathomed the four noble truths. They will… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Like a caring mother holding and guarding the life of her only child, so with a boundless heart of loving kindness, hold… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
This is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is, good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship. When a monk has a good friend,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Life is easy For the man who is without shame, Impudent as a crow, A vicious gossip, Vain, meddlesome, dissolute. But life… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
For, owners of their deeds (karma) are the beings, heirs of their deeds; their deeds are the womb from which they sprang;… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Through the round of many births I roamed without reward, without rest, seeking the house-builder. Painful is birth again & again. House-builder,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Samsara-the Wheel of Existence, literally, the "Perpetual Wandering"-is the name by which is designated the sea of life ever restlessly heaving up… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Anyone who is not working toward the truth is missing the whole point of living. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Buddha is in our hearts. Buddha is in our mouths. Buddha is in our daily lives. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Stay centered, do not overstretch. Extend from your center, return to your center. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When faced with the vicissitudes of life, one's mind remains unshaken, sorrow-less, stainless, secure; this is the greatest welfare — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We living beings, right down to crickets, ants, mosquitoes , and flies, all possess life that is without beginning or end. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Only he who crosses the stream of life wishes to know what is known as unknowable. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Our own worst enemy cannot harm us as much as our unwise thoughts. No one can help us as much as our… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Your days pass like rainbows, like a flash of lightning, like a star at dawn. Your life is short. How can you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share
