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Lotuses Quotes by Gautama Buddha
- May we live like the lotus, at home in muddy water.
- As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the…
- When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a…
- As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in…
- But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off…
- Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume.
- If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree,…
- Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.
More Lotuses Quotes
- My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair. — Diane Ackerman
- You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is… — Sai Baba
- My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position,… — Edward Abbey
- English Bohemianism is a curiously unluscious fruit. ... Inside this hothouse, huge lascivious orchids slide sensuously up the sweating windows, passion-flowers cross-pollinate… — Alan Coren
- By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe… — Yukio Mishima
- In the Lotus Sutra, it is said everything is emptiness - this world is empty, hell is empty, heaven is empty, God… — Rajneesh
- God cannot be found outside you, because there is no God who can ever be outside you. God is the ultimate fragrance… — Rajneesh
- One thing is certain: you can never become anything other than yourself, and unless you become yourself you cannot be happy. Happiness… — Rajneesh
- The honey in the flower or lotus does not crave for bees; they do not plead with the bees to come. Since… — Sathya Sai Baba
- An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and more unfolding its noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea. — Herman Melville
- If we take shelter of the lotus feet of the spiritual master, we can become free from illusion, fear and distress. If… — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
- When we speak of the dust of the lotus feet of the Spiritual Master, we are speaking of humble approach to serve… — Radhanath Swami