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Monk Quotes by Gautama Buddha
- Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves…
- When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the burden, attained the…
- He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, - such…
- One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was…
- Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he clings neither to…
- How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as…
- There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no…
- When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish…
- Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.
- Monks, we who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and…
- Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness and self-possession, to…
More Monk Quotes
- First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil
- I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp...… — Eric Clapton
- I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm just more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really… — Kurt Cobain
- I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the former, in… — Sulak Sivaraksa
- My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks, And the… — Ibn Arabi
- The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying. — Anthony of Padua
- A proud monk needs no demon. He has turned into one, an enemy to himself. — John Climacus
- The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk.… — Swami Vivekananda
- I would become a priest or a rabbi or a monk or whatever the hell was necessary to perform miracles such as… — Lenny Bruce
- I'm like a monk with a taste for hookers. — Moby
- The life of an artist is like the life of a monk, a lewd monk if you like, very Rabelaisian. It is… — Marcel Duchamp
- I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and… — Niccolo Machiavelli