The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained… — 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
Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If it is not truthful and not helpful, don't say it. If it is truthful and not helpful, don't say it. If… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it... — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Those... who find delight in freedom from attachment in the renunciation of clinging, free from the inflow of thoughts, they are like… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot… — 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
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
'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Rid of craving and without clinging, an expert in the study of texts, and understanding the right sequence of the words, he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached… — 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
Not by mere eloquence, nor by handsome appearance, does a man become good-natured, should he be jealous, selfish and deceitful. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the… — 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
