One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then… — 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… — 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… — 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
Inflowing thoughts come to an end in those who are ever alert of mind, training themselves night and day, and ever intent… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Meat-eating is condemned by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Sravakas; if one devours meat out of shamelessness he will always be devoid of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering."… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
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
A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: "Are you a God?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a saint?" "No,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The wise say that it is not an iron, wooden or fiber fetter which is a strong one, but the besotted hankering… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Happiness follows sorrow, sorrow follows happiness, but when one no longer discriminates happiness and sorrow, a good deal and a bad deed,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. — 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
