Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Look upon him who shows you your faults as a revealer of treasure: seek his company who checks and chides you, the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A good friend who points out mistakes is to be respected, as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be… — 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
