Heart Quotes by Gautama Buddha

44 Heart quotes by Gautama Buddha

Buddha teaches that karma grows from the heart and ends there. He invites us to sit calmly, breathe, and let a receptive heart hear the world. He also urges boundless love, comparing a caring mother’s devotion to the way we should hold all beings.

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Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.

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When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.

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What is most needed is a loving heart.

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And so, with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings.

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Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts.

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To meditate is to listen with a receptive heart.

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May everyone be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy.

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Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.

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To awaken, sit calmly, letting each breath clear your mind and open your heart.

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If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart…

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Buddha is in our hearts. Buddha is in our mouths. Buddha is in our daily lives.

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Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true…

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Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.

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Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives.

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A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.

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With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

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Like a caring mother holding and guarding the life of her only child, so with a boundless heart of loving kindness, hold…

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If you endeavor to embrace the Way through much learning, the Way will not be understood. If you observe the Way with…

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Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding,…

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Sometimes it's better to be kind than to be right. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient…

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Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he…

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Let the disciple cultivate love without measure towards all beings. Let him cultivate towards the whole world, above, below, around, a heart…

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Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing…

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Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love…

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And for a disciple thus freed, in whose heart dwells peace, there is nothing to be added to what has been done,…

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If beings knew, as I know, the results of sharing gifts, they would not enjoy their gifts without sharing them with others,…

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How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own. You winnow his in the…

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If a man who has committed many a misdemeanor does not repent and cleanse his heart of the evil, retribution will come…

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There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no…

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Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again…

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Joy and openness come from our own contented heart.

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Sustaining a loving heart, even for a moment, makes one a spiritual being.

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If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

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You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.…

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There are three ways to correct our faults:We can change through behavior We can change through understanding We can change heart

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As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on…

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When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.

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Do not believe anything because it is said by an authority, or if it is said to come from angels, or from…

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All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse…

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Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the…

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