There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred. Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha There is, monks, an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned. If, monks, there were no unborn... no escape would be discerned from what is born, become, made, conditioned. But because there is an unborn..., therefore an escape is discerned from what is born, become, made, conditioned. Gautama Buddha born monk would-be Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. Gautama Buddha inspiring positive love Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide to those in need, revealing the path to many. Gautama Buddha buddhist sorrow dwelling There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded. Gautama Buddha buddhist monk would-be We will be thankful and grateful. Not even the last thing that is done for us shall be forgotten. Gautama Buddha Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves. Gautama Buddha buddhist arrows wise From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear? Gautama Buddha buddhist grief fear All rising to great places is by a winding stair. Gautama Buddha rising buddhist challenges To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family. Gautama Buddha buddhist marriage love Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy. Gautama Buddha buddhist love men The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next Gautama Buddha delight men world But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus. Gautama Buddha buddhist justice water Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read, or hear from others, whether of authority, religious teachers or texts. Gautama Buddha buddhist religious teacher Meat-eating is condemned by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Sravakas; if one devours meat out of shamelessness he will always be devoid of sense. Gautama Buddha meat-eating bodhisattva buddhist Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. Gautama Buddha buddhist suicide blessing Let the disciple cultivate love without measure towards all beings. Let him cultivate towards the whole world, above, below, around, a heart of love unstinted....For in all the world this state of heart is best. Gautama Buddha buddhist heart world Attachment is the source of all suffering. Gautama Buddha attachment suffering grieving Why are you so sure parallel lines exist? Believe nothing, merely because you have been told it, or because it is traditional, or because you have imagined it. Gautama Buddha lines science believe An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up, but an evil friend fortitude mouthful your intellect. Gautama Buddha fortitude evil may Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace. Gautama Buddha roots character peace