Just as you have come to know, the false discrimination of yourself, apply this mentally to all phenomena Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own. Gautama Buddha buddhistbrotherfaces Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment. Gautama Buddha afterlifequalitymind Men are tied up to their families and possessions more helplessly than in a prison. There is an occasion for the prisoner to be released, but householders entertain no desire to be relieved from the ties of family. When a man's passion is aroused nothing prevents him from ruining himself. Even into the jaws of a tiger will he jump. Those who are thus drowned in the filth of passion are called the ignorant. Those who are able to overcome it are saintly Arhats. Gautama Buddha passiontiesmen Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom. Gautama Buddha buddhistwiseinspiring Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone. Gautama Buddha omissiondonelooks Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one may escape from the results of evil deeds. Gautama Buddha buddhistoceansky Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. Gautama Buddha buddhisthealthlife How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Perceptions are known they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. This is how a monk stays awake. Gautama Buddha buddhistperceptionfeelings To have everything is to possess nothing. Gautama Buddha awareness Speak the truth. Gautama Buddha threetruthgiving Life is a river always flowing. do not hold onto things. work hard. Gautama Buddha hard-worklife-isrivers He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death. Gautama Buddha buddhistvegetarianismhappiness If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us? Gautama Buddha fakelooksneeds You can only lose what you cling to. Gautama Buddha moving-onbuddhistletting-go Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Gautama Buddha hurtfultreatsway True love is born from understanding. Gautama Buddha buddhismunderstandinglove-is You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Gautama Buddha positiveinspirationallove In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom. Gautama Buddha life-changinghappinesslying If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present. Gautama Buddha wantlookspast There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centred on the body Gautama Buddha visionspiritualhappy-life
