This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning. Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone besides yourselves. And those, Ananda, who either now or after I am dead, Shall be a lamp unto themselves, Shall betake themselves as no external refuge, But holding fast to the truth as their lamp, Holding fast to the truth as their refuge, Shall not look for refuge to anyone else besides themselves, It is they who shall reach to the very topmost height; But they must be anxious to learn. Gautama Buddha lamps buddhist looks Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives. Gautama Buddha cherish heart religion By defilement of mind, beings are defiled; by purification of mind, beings are purified. Gautama Buddha purification buddhist mind There's a treasury full of jade and jewels; It is in you. Don't go searching far from home for it-it's here. Gautama Buddha self-esteem jewels home Understand the suffering of worldly existence. Gautama Buddha ignorance compassion practice Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind Gautama Buddha surroundings artist mind Do not look at the faults of what others have done or not done; observe what you yourself have done or not done. Gautama Buddha done religious looks A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains. Gautama Buddha buddhist fool brain When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the burden, attained the true goal, totally destroyed the fetter of becoming, and is released through right gnosis - the thought doesn't occur to him that 'There is someone better than me,' or 'There is someone equal to me,' or 'There is someone worse than me.' Gautama Buddha gnosis buddhist goal Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind, you speak or act, then suffering follows you as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draft animal. If with a pure mind, you speak or act, then happiness follows you as a shadow that never departs Gautama Buddha inspiration feet animal By oneself the evil is done, and it is oneself who suffers: by oneself the evil is not done, and by one's Self one becomes pure. Gautama Buddha suffering self evil By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it, he tries to correct it. And when another acknowledges a shortcoming, the wise one forgives it as he should. Gautama Buddha buddhist forgiving wise "All is passing". When one realises this, he sits loose to this world of sorrow : This is the way of purity. Gautama Buddha sorrow way world Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. Gautama Buddha buddhist good-friend mistake Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism. Gautama Buddha real animal commitment But if you miss it, you will next be confronted with the angry deities, ... threatening you and barring your passage ... because you turned a deaf ear to the saving truths of religion. All these forms are strange to you, ... they terrify you, ... and yet it is you who have created them. Do not give in to your fright, ... flee them not! They are but ... the contents of your own mind... If at this point you should manage to understand that, ... and you will find yourself in a paradise among the angels. Gautama Buddha angel giving book It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings. Gautama Buddha birth one-day years Be greatly aware of the present. Gautama Buddha As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth. Gautama Buddha spiritual wise heart Your greatest weapon is your enemy's mind Gautama Buddha weapons mind enemy
