Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart. Gautama Buddha More Quotes by Gautama Buddha More Quotes From Gautama Buddha Seeking but not finding the house builder I travelled through life after life. How painful is repeated birth! House-builders, you have now been seen. You will not build the house again. Gautama Buddha birthpainfulhouse Life is easy For the man who is without shame, Impudent as a crow, A vicious gossip, Vain, meddlesome, dissolute. But life is hard For the man who quietly undertakes The way of perfection, With purity, detachment and vigor. He sees light. Gautama Buddha gossiplightmen He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings. Gautama Buddha siddharthadiversityself Love is beauty and beauty is truth, and that is why in the beauty of a flower we can see the truth of the universe. Gautama Buddha universeflowerlove-is It is impossible for a man who is bogged to extricate another who is bogged. Gautama Buddha impossiblemen It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people. Gautama Buddha responsibilitytroublepeople If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart. Gautama Buddha buddhistactionheart Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear. Gautama Buddha reactionsnegativityworld All acts of living become bad by ten things, and by avoiding the ten things they become good. There are three evils of the body, four evils of the tongue, and three evils of the mind. Gautama Buddha threeevilmind In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view. Gautama Buddha arrogantignoranceviews When action comes out of nothing it creates no karma. Gautama Buddha karmabuddhistaction Cultivation of meditative stability alone, will not destroy the discrimination of inherent existence. Afflictive emotions can return, making all sorts of disturbances Gautama Buddha returnemotioninspiration Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph. Gautama Buddha leadershipstrugglecourage How deeply did you learn to let go? Gautama Buddha learn-to-let-goletting-go The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure. Gautama Buddha inspirational-buddhistfree-yourselfignorance Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned. Gautama Buddha serenitybalancestates There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know. Gautama Buddha enlightenmenttwothinking This is deathless: the liberation of the mind through lack of clinging. Gautama Buddha clingingliberationmind The poisonous serpent of afflictions is sleeping in your mind; just as if a black viper were asleep in your room. You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it. When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease. Gautama Buddha buddhistsleeplife What is this world condition? Body is the world condition. And with body and form goes feeling, perception, consciousness, and all the activities throughout the world. The arising of form and the ceasing of form-everything that has been heard, sensed, and known, sought after and reached by the mind-all this is the embodied world, to be penetrated and realized. Gautama Buddha buddhistperceptionfeelings
