Gautama Buddha Quotes
One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world.
Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.
Those which are produced from causes are not produced. they do not have an inherent nature of production. those which depend on causes are said to be empty; those who know emptiness are aware.
Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.
If you have done good, set your mind upon it so that it may be repeated over and over again. Allow yourself to be pleased by good. Accumulating good is joyful.
It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.
Delusions, errors and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and worm-eaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be shipwrecked.
As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices it not.
To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.
And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.
(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.
An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the fool.
Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy.
To be concerned with the issue; soul versus non-soul, is to be in bondage to craving for becoming and non-becoming.
Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances.
Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.
One act of pure love in saving life is greater than spending the whole of one's time in religious offerings to the gods . . .
To live a single day and hear a good teaching is better than to live a hundred years without knowing such teaching.
I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed.
An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up, but an evil friend fortitude mouthful your intellect.
Happy are those who have overcome their egos; happy are those who have attained peace; happy are those who have found the Truth.
Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.
We will be thankful and grateful. Not even the last thing that is done for us shall be forgotten.
Just as the great oceans have but one taste, the taste of salt, so too there is but one taste fundamental to all true teachings of the way, and this is the taste of freedom.
Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised.
Having abandoned the taking of life, refraining from killing, we dwell without violence, with the knife laid down, scrupulous, full of mercy, trembling with compassion for all sentient beings.
Just as a chariot is verbalized, in dependence on collections of parts, so conventionally a sentient being, is set up depending on the mental and physical aggregates
Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.
If I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it.
