Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.]
To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.
May all that have life be delivered from suffering
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.
When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.
Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.
Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods.
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.
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.
Just to say ‘I believe’ or ‘I do not doubt’ does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or intellectual.
So also is the case if I don’t care the one abusing me. He is the one going to be demeaned.
Who have not led the holy lifenor riches won while young,they linger on as aged cranesaround a fished-out pond.
Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Mirror mirror on the wall, show the real me or naught at all.
Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
Live in joy, in love,even among those who hate.Live in joy, in health,even among the afflicted.Live in joy, in peace,even among the troubled.Look within, be still.Free from fear and attachment,know the sweet joy of the way.
As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading
Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think.
Bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya:For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.
Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the
How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him suffering, one who has something, a person bound in mind with people.
Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.
You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.
Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage! No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and form and who calls nothing his own.[Verse 221] TR- Friedrich Max Müller
Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.
Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don’t reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention
How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.
Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.
All beings tremble before violence.All fear death.All love life.See yourself in others.Then whom can you hurt?What harm can you do?
Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.
Purity or impurity depends on oneself,No one can purify another.
The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next
All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.
We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.
He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Greater than all the joysOf heaven and earth,Greater still than dominionOver all the worlds,Is the joy of reaching the stream.
Like a caring motherholding and guarding the lifeof her only child,so with a boundless heartof lovingkindness,hold yourself and all beingsas your beloved children.
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.
What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay… Everything is impermanence, dissatisfaction and nothing can ever belong to itself
I shall live here in the rains,There in winter,Elsewhere in summer,” muses the fool,Not aware of the nearness of death.
All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses.
Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me.
Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind. A controlled mind brings happiness.
friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.
those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.