Sunday, 6 November 2011

Buddha Quotes


"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and respect."

"Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds"

"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion."

"Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts."

"A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure."

"To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck."

"Life is suffering."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."

"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes."

"They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma."

"It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled."

"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."

"Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks."

"Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."

"Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination."

"The stages of the Noble Path are: Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Behavior, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration."

"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

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