As a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he… — 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
If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Careful amidst the careless, amongst the sleeping wide-awake, the intelligent man leaves them all behind, like a race-horse does a mere hack. — 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
Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect — 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
