Be a lamp unto yourselves! Work out your liberation with diligence! Fill your mind with compassion! Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind. Gautama Buddha buddhistmindremember Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing a mirror, which becomes bright when the dust is removed. Remove your passions, and have no hankering. Gautama Buddha passionmirrorsheart Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death. Gautama Buddha agonylife-and-deathawareness If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit - From life to life, Never finding peace. If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swell Like the grass after the rain. But if you subdue desire Your sorrows shall fall from you Like drops of water from a lotus flower. Gautama Buddha flowerrainfall Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial. Gautama Buddha buddhistwisdominspirational The greatest victory is the one over oneself. Gautama Buddha greatest-victoryoneselfvictory As a net is made up of a series of ties, so everything in this world is connected by a series of ties. If anyone thinks that the mesh of a net is an independent, isolated thing, he is mistaken. It is called a net because it is made up of a series of interconnected meshes, and each mesh has its place and responsibility in relation to other meshes. Gautama Buddha independentresponsibilitythinking More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm. Gautama Buddha hatemindattitude Each day of my life I am sowing seeds that one day I will harvest. Gautama Buddha sowinglaw-of-attractionone-day What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering will follow him as the wheel of the cart follows the beast that draws the cart. If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow. Gautama Buddha meditationyesterdaymen They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth. Gautama Buddha untruthimagine Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Gautama Buddha wisdomspirituallife As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all. Gautama Buddha kindnessrainfall 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 have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide. Gautama Buddha buddhistteacherbelieve One who is wise and disciplined, always kind and intelligent, humble and free from pride. One like this will be praised. Gautama Buddha buddhisthumblewise The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood. Gautama Buddha inspiringmotivationalpositive Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires. Gautama Buddha buddhistdesirefeelings 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. Gautama Buddha threelittlesgiving The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. Gautama Buddha mistakehappinesspast Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again. Gautama Buddha changeinspirationalpast
