Just as the Brahmins worship the fire, so should you worship him by whom the doctrine, well-preached by the All-Enlightened one, is made known to you.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Man
More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Attitude, Thoughts
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Genius, Meditation, Graduation, Perseverance, Dreams
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.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Anger
Those who are deceitful, brusque, prone to babbling, tricky, insolent and have no self-control, cannot make any progress in following the Doctrine declared by the All-Enlightened One.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Passion
Warned by the Divine Messengers, those who are still careless will enter the lower existence and regret for a long time.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Man
All know the way; few actually walk it.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Action
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
—Buddhist Teaching
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
—Buddhist Teaching
Behave yourself as you instruct others. Train yourself first before training others, for it is difficult to train one’s own self.
—Buddhist Teaching
One who is given to anger and ill-will thereby refusing to forgive others’ faults which have been confessed, heaps hatred upon himself.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Man
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
—Buddhist Teaching
Do not depend on others.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Independence
Let him not grieve for that which is lost.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Battle
He is able who thinks he is able.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Thought, Mind
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Awareness
The wicked fool is unconscious in his doing evil deeds. He will be tormented later on, as if being burnt, by the fruit of such evil deeds of his own.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Action
He who is equipped with mindfulness and who extends unlimited loving-kindness to all beings has destroyed hit passions. His fetters are loosened.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Man
Thus he lives as a binder together of those who are divided, an encourager of those who are friends, a peace-maker, a lover of peace, impassioned for peace, a speaker of words that make for peace.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
As a mountain of solid rock remains unshaken by the storm, so the wise man remains unmoved by praise or blame.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: The Mind
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
—Buddhist Teaching
What has been designated “name” and “family” … is but a term.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
The uneducated, like an old Bull, gradually fade away. Their flesh increases but not their wisdom.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Wisdom
Our deeds are not lost, they will surely come (back again).
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
Never does a wise man commit a sin for the sake of his happiness. Never will he discard Morality because of his personal love or hatred, even though he may suffer and meet with a failure.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Man
Those who do not cheat nor is given to frivolous talk, who is wise, not brusque, and who is well-poised, will make rapid progress in the doctrine promulgated by the All-Enlightened One.
—Buddhist Teaching
A wise man is happy because of his wise management knowing how to hurry when it is time to hurry and slow down when it is time to slow down.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Man
Use no perfume but sweetness of thoughts.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
No decrying of other sects, … no depreciation (of others) without cause, but on the contrary, rendering of honor to other sects for whatever cause honor is due. By so doing, both one’s sect will be helped forward, and other sects benefited; by acting otherwise, one’s own sect will be destroyed in injuring others.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
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