We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
So in this case, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be… — 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
One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purification of mind is for the sake… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When a man venerates those worthy of veneration, be they Buddhas or their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Among all the sutras I have expounded, Lotus Sutra is the first and foremost! If you are able to uphold the Lotus… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
... Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya: For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.” — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors… — 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 Image
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 Image
Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
