About Gautama Buddha: Gautama Buddha is believed to have lived and taught mostly in northeastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.
The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.
What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, il...
Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred...
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
It is better to travel, than to arrive
All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If...
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.
With our thoughts we make the world.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?
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.
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack...
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.
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.
Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think.
