"Love is a fleeting feeling; to reach true nirvana, one must recognize oneself and abandon love, for it breeds contempt."
Gautama Buddha
"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, man cannot live without a spiritual life."
Gautama Buddha
"Everything we are is a result of what we thought."
Gautama Buddha
"Those who are free from resentful thoughts are sure to find peace."
Gautama Buddha
"Sing like the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men."
Gautama Buddha
"Patience is the highest asceticism."
Gautama Buddha
"The moment you see how important it is to love yourself, you will stop making others suffer."
Gautama Buddha
"Even if a fool consorts with a wise man all his life, he no more grasps the truth than a spoon tastes the flavor of soup."
Gautama Buddha
"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a person can control his mind, he can find the path to enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will come to him naturally."
Gautama Buddha
"Happiness never diminishes when it is shared".
Gautama Buddha
"All living beings are owners of their karma. Whatever they do of their own free will, whether good or evil, they will be the heirs of it."
Gautama Buddha
"You have to make your own effort. The masters only show you the way."
Gautama Buddha
"He who leaves behind all human bonds And threw off the shackles of heaven, Detaches from all shackles everywhere: I call him a Brahmin."
Gautama Buddha
"Life is pain."
Gautama Buddha
"He who has not led the holy life or riches gained in youth, who lingers like an old crane Around a fished-out pond."
Gautama Buddha
"Sometimes it is better to be kind than to be right. We don't need a clever mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens. You will not be punished for your anger, but by your anger."
Gautama Buddha
"Bhikkhus, with four qualities, the foolish, incompetent, bad person keeps himself in a crippled and injured state; he is blameworthy and censured by the sages; and he generates much blameworthiness. (1) Without investigating and questioning, he praises someone who deserves blame. (2) Without inquiring and scrutinizing, he praises someone who deserves praise. (3) Without investigating and scrutinizing, he believes a thing that arouses suspicion. (4) Without inquiring and examining, he is suspicious of a thing that deserves to be believed. The foolish, incompetent, bad person who possesses these four qualities keeps himself in a mutilated and injured state; he is blameworthy and censured by the wise; and he generates much ruin."
Gautama Buddha
"Every day I think: How can I make all living things lead to the unsurpassed way to quickly attain the body of a Buddha?" (LS 16: 3.23) Lotus Sutra, Chapter 16, Section 3, Paragraph 23.
Gautama Buddha
"Be a lamp unto thyself, be a refuge unto thyself. Take no external refuge in yourself."
Gautama Buddha
"Live every deed as if it were your last."
Gautama Buddha
"Joy comes not from possessions or property, but from a wise and loving heart."
Gautama Buddha
"Buddha said, "Forgive? But I am not the same person you did it to. The Ganges continues to flow, it is never the same Ganges. Every person is a river. The man you spat on is no longer here. I look the same as him, but I am not the same, a lot has happened in these twenty-four hours! The river has flowed so much. That's why I can't forgive you, because I don't hold a grudge against you."
Gautama Buddha
"And you are also new. I see that you are not the same man who came yesterday, for that man was angry and spat while you bowed down at my feet and touched my feet. How can you be the same man? You are not the same man, so let's forget about it. These two people, the man who spat and the man he spat on, are both gone. Come closer. Let's talk about something else."
Gautama Buddha
"First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on true wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure wisdom mind, not on judgmental perceptions. "
Gautama Buddha
"Whatever an enemy does to an enemy, or an enemy does to an enemy, the poorly directed mind can do worse to you"
Gautama Buddha
"One who never punishes any living being, strong or weak, who never kills or even strikes another, such a one I call a Brahmin."
Gautama Buddha
"But the wise man who realizes that the world is only a illusion, does not act as if it were real, and thus escapes suffering."
Gautama Buddha
"What is happiness? Is it really happiness? Nothing is constant, only happen, remain and pass away... Everything is transience, dissatisfaction and nothing can ever belong to itself".
Gautama Buddha
"How to teach others, so should you do yourself: Only those who control themselves should control others. Truly, it is hard to control oneself."
Gautama Buddha
"When desire flows, pleasure arises. Attached to happiness, seeking pleasure, man is subject to birth and age."
Gautama Buddha
"The growth of wisdom can be accurately measured by the reduction of bad temper"
Gautama Buddha
Did you know... In the early days of Buddhism, people did not have statues of the Buddha. They used symbols such as a footprint, an empty chair, a stray horse or an umbrella to represent him. The first images of the Buddha were made in the 5th century BC in the regions of Gandhara (now Kandahar in Afghanistan) and Mathura. At that time, people began to make statues and busts of the Buddha, and many of them had mustaches. And in the following centuries, Gautama Buddha's image began to look like what you probably imagine it to look like:
"The problem is you think you have time."
Gautama Buddha
"The universe itself is change and life itself is only what you think it is".
Gautama Buddha
"Among all the Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas, the Bodhisattvas stand first. So it is with the Lotus Sutra; among all the sutras, it is the most important! Just as the Buddha is the king of the Law, so is the Lotus Sutra; it is the king of all sutras!" (LS 23:2.16) Lotus Sutra, chapter 23, section 2, paragraph 16″.
Gautama Buddha
"Among all the sutras I have expounded, the Lotus Sutra is the first and most important! If you are able to preserve the Lotus Sutra, it means that you are able to preserve the body of a Buddha!" (LS 11: 3.35) Lotus Sutra, Chapter 11, Section 3, Paragraph 35.
Gautama Buddha
"Those who desire Buddhahood should not practice many dharmas, but only one. Which? Great compassion. Those who have great compassion possess the entire teaching of the Buddha as if it were in the palm of their hand."
Gautama Buddha
"It is possible to live 24 hours in a state of love."
Gautama Buddha
"Seseorang harus mencarikan kebahagiaan untuk orang lain sama seperti yang diinginkan untuk diri sendiri" - Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha
"Believe nothing, no matter who said it, even if I said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense"
Gautama Buddha
"Pleasurable is the dispassion in the world, the overcoming of sensuality. But discarding the conceit 'I am' - that is the highest pleasure."
Gautama Buddha
"It is the same when I do not take care of the one who abuses me. He is the one who is humiliated."
Gautama Buddha
"Greater still is the truth of our bond."
Gautama Buddha
"Instead of continuing to search for the truth, just let go of your views."
Gautama Buddha
"If you feel good will for even one being with an unspoiled mind, you become skillful through it. But a noble one generates a spirit of compassion for all beings, an abundance of merit."
Gautama Buddha
"The Sage:
A wise person should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and avarice. To align your mind with serenity, you must have power over drowsiness, fatigue, and Winning lethargy. There is no place for laziness and no recourse to pride. Do not be tempted by lies and do not cling to forms. You must see through all pride and do without violence. Do not get excited by what is old, do not be satisfied with what is new. Do not grieve for that which is lost, and do not be ruled by desires."
Gautama Buddha
"You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in heaven. The way is in the heart. See how you love."
Gautama Buddha
"In life, we can't always control the first arrow. However, the second arrow is our reaction to the first. This second arrow is optional. -Sallatha Sutta"
Gautama Buddha
"The world is on fire! And you laugh? You are deep in the dark. Aren't you going to ask for light?
Because see your body- A painted puppet, a toy, Bound and sick and full of false Performances, A shadow that shifts and fades.
How fragile it is! Fragile and pestilent, It ails, festers and dies. Like any living being In the end, it ails and dies.
Hold these whitened bones, The hollow shells and husks of a dying Sommers. And are you laughing?"
Gautama Buddha
"A wise person should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful.
The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and avarice.
To align your mind with serenity, you must gain power over sleepiness, fatigue, and lethargy.
There is no room for laziness and no recourse to pride.
Do not be tempted to lie, do not cling to forms. You must see through all pride and do without violence. Do not get excited by what is old, do not be satisfied with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost, and do not be ruled by desires."
Gautama Buddha
"We are what we think. Everything we are is created with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with an unclean spirit And trouble will follow you Like the wheel follows the ox that pulls the cart.
Gautama Buddha
We are what we think. Everything we are is created with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with a pure mind And happiness will follow you As your shadow, unshakable.
Gautama Buddha
"See how he abused and beat me, How he has cast me down and robbed me." Live with such thoughts and you live in hatred.
Gautama Buddha
"See how he abused and beat me, How he has cast me down and robbed me." Detach yourself from such thoughts and live in love.
Gautama Buddha
In this world Hate has never driven out hate. Only love dispels hatred. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible."
Gautama Buddha
"Conquest breeds hatred, for the conquered live in sorrow. Let us be neither conquerors nor conquered, but live in peace and joy."
Gautama Buddha
"Hard to tame, fickle is this mind; it flutters where it will. It is good to control the mind. A controlled mind brings happiness."
Gautama Buddha
"For the one who has given up desire and is free from grasping, who knows the languages and their interpretations, the combinations of the letters and their order before and after, this is the last birth. That one is called the Great Being, the Great Sage."
Gautama Buddha
"Nothing, whatever, should be recorded as 'I' or 'mine'."
Gautama Buddha
“Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.”
Gautama Buddha
"Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let him resolutely pursue a solitary path; there is no fellowship with a fool."
Gautama Buddha
"The fool worries and thinks, "I have sons, I have wealth." Indeed, if he himself is not his own, where do sons come from, where does wealth come from?"
Gautama Buddha
"How, dear Lord, did you cross the flood?" By not stopping, friend, and by not straining, I crossed the tide. But how is it, dear Lord, that you crossed the flood by not stopping and by not exerting yourself? When I came to a standstill, friend, I sank; but when I struggled, I was swept away. In this way, friend, I crossed the flood, not stopping and not straining."
Gautama Buddha
"Thus perceiving, monks, the learned noble disciple feels disgust for the body, for feeling, for perception, for aggregates, for consciousness. By feeling revulsion, he becomes free from passion, by being free from passion he is emancipated, and in the emancipated one arises the knowledge of his emancipation. He understands that rebirth has been destroyed, religious life has been led, done what needed to be done, there is nothing beyond this world."
Gautama Buddha
"As long as man's love, even the smallest, for woman is not destroyed, his spirit is in bondage, like the calf that drinks milk, to its mother."
Gautama Buddha
"Anger will never disappear as long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear once the thoughts of resentment are forgotten."
Gautama Buddha
"Suffering is caused by choices not made."
Gautama Buddha
"Let a man forsake anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage! No suffering befalls the man who is not attached to name and form and calls nothing his own." [Verse 221]
Gautama Buddha
"The man incredulous / beyond belief ungrateful / knows the unmade a burglar / who has cut connections who has destroyed his opportunities / conditions who eats vomit: / has spat out expectations: the last man."
Gautama Buddha
"A wise person, realizing that the world is only an illusion, does not act as if it were real, thus escaping suffering When a person speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. When a person speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."
Gautama Buddha
"Don't believe in anything just because you've heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been passed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything just because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything just because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything just because it has been said by your teachers and elders. But if, after observation and analysis, you find that something agrees with reason and serves the good and benefit of us all then accept it and live by it.
"Like a flower, colorful but scentless: a well spoken word is fruitless if it is not executed. Like a flower, light colored & full of fragrance: a well spoken word Is fruitful If it's executed well."
Gautama Buddha
"Is it timely? Is it necessary? Is it friendly?"
Gautama Buddha
"There are four nutrients for sustaining beings who have come into being, or for sustaining those who are looking for a place to be born: Physical nourishment, gross or refined; touch second; thought third; and consciousness fourth."
Gautama Buddha
"Everything we are is the result of what we thought."
Gautama Buddha
"Through oneself evil is done, and it is oneself who suffers; through oneself evil is not done, and it is through oneself that one becomes pure. The pure and the impure come from oneself: No man can purify another."
Gautama Buddha
"All individual things pass away, strive on tirelessly. Buddha to his disciples on his deathbed."
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