Gautama Buddha Quotes

By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity and truth we acquire great treasures.

Speak the truth. Give whatever you can. Never be angry. These three steps will lead you Into the presence of the gods.

Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently.

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well watched, possessed of a mind that is awake and observing.

Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise the flavour of the soup.

"Existence is sorrow." Understand, and go beyond sorrow. This is the way of brightness.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.

All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses.

A jug fills drop by drop.

You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.

The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.

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

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace

There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.

As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens.

Be a lamp unto yourselves! Work out your liberation with diligence! Fill your mind with compassion!

Love yourself and watch - Today, tomorrow, always. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing - Straighten yourself.

The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.

With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.

Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear.

No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.

By taking these three steps you will get closer to the Gods: First, Say the Truth. Second: Don't let you get Angry. Third: Give, even though you have so little to give.

If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.

Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own.

Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.

We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience.

For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear.

We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.

Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened.

I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.

A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool.

To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering.

Wherever a person goes, his deeds, like a shadow, will follow.

Destroy the man of wicked thoughts, Like a bamboo-tree with its fruit.

He who is kind to animals heaven will protect.

Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.

One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.

To be selfish, greedy and unwilling to help the needy gives rise to future starvation and clothlessness.

In protecting oneself, others are protected; In protecting others, oneself is protected.

Journey over, sorrowless, freed in every way, and with all bonds broken - for such a man there is no more distress.

When giving to others do not linger on thoughts of a giving, what was given, or the one who has received.

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.

When action comes out of nothing it creates no karma.

Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume.

How deeply did you learn to let go?