As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha We living beings, right down to crickets, ants, mosquitoes , and flies, all possess life that is without beginning or end. Gautama Buddha mosquitoescricketants All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them. Gautama Buddha trustpainchange Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself. Gautama Buddha admirationjealousquality Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man, "If you offer me a piece of paper and I refuse to accept it, what happens to the paper?" "Why, it stays with me, of course," the villager replied. Buddha smiled gently, "And that is exactly what I am doing with your abuse," he said. "I am not accepting it, therefore it stays with you." Gautama Buddha squareswisdommen Wherever we go, wherever we remain, the results of our actions follow us. Gautama Buddha our-actionsbuddhistaction Pain is certain, suffering is optional. Gautama Buddha certainpainsuffering Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts. Gautama Buddha karmadisciplineheart Let us live most happily, free from hatred in the midst of the hateful; Let us remain free from hatred in the midst of people who hate. Gautama Buddha hatereligiouspeople Wherever a person goes, his deeds, like a shadow, will follow. Gautama Buddha shadowdeedspersons People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like a child who tries to eat a little, honey smeared on the edge of a knife. The amount is by no means sufficient to appease his appetite, but he runs the risk of wounding his tongue. Gautama Buddha selfishrunningchildren Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up. Gautama Buddha growing-upworrychildren Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart. Gautama Buddha happyhappinesslove The Truth is not Arbitrary or a Matter of Opinion, but can be Investigated, and Those who Earnestly Search for the Truth will Find It. The Truth is Hidden to the Blind, but he who has the Mental Eye Sees the Truth. Gautama Buddha arbitraryeyematter There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana. Gautama Buddha buddhistmeditationmen Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already. Gautama Buddha thoughtfulsufferingway Will not be punished for your anger, your anger is the punishment. Gautama Buddha punishment First of all there will appear to you, swifter than lightning, the luminous splendor of the colorless light of Emptiness, and that will surround you on all sides. ...Try to submerge yourself in that light, giving up all belief in a separate self, all attachment to your illusory ego. Gautama Buddha giving-uplightbook Be a lamp unto yourselves! Work out your liberation with diligence! Fill your mind with compassion! Gautama Buddha independencework-outcompassion Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain. Gautama Buddha mountainwaterthinking Kindness should become the natural way of life,not the exception. Gautama Buddha naturalkindnessway
