Destroy the man of wicked thoughts, Like a bamboo-tree with its fruit. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Never tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Offensive acts come back upon the evil doer, like dust that is thrown against the wind. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If one doth act in friendly wise, With no evil thought toward any single creature, And in so doing becometh proper, And… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up… — 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
By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful.… — 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
The judgment: You are now before Yama, King of the Dead. In vain will you try to...deny or conceal the evil deeds… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Evil-doers who denounce the wise resemble a person who spits against the sky; the spittle will never reach the sky, but comes… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If a man who has committed many a misdemeanor does not repent and cleanse his heart of the evil, retribution will come… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
For, owners of their deeds (karma) are the beings, heirs of their deeds; their deeds are the womb from which they sprang;… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
All acts of living become bad by ten things, and by avoiding the ten things they become good. There are three evils… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water... Little by little a person… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There are friendships to one who lives in society; thus our present grief arises from having friendships; observing the evils resulting from… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
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
By oneself the evil is done, and it is oneself who suffers: by oneself the evil is not done, and by one's… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Keeping away for all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impunities. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up,… — 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
When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with… — 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
