I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be saved Preach to them a variety of dharmas, Each time having this thought: ‘How may I cause the beings To contrive to enter the Unexcelled Path and quickly to perfect the Buddha-body?’

— Buddha

Buddha Quotes

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.

— Buddha

You can conquer thousands of men in thousands of battles, but the greatest victory is to conquer yourself.

— Buddha Shakyamuni

Teach you? I cannot teach you. Go; experience for yourself.

— Buddha

And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.

— Buddha

A good horse runs with seeing just the shadow of the whip.

— Buddha

A man who will be the public leader, must know how to be the public follower.

— Buddha

Your greatest weapon is your enemy’s mind.

— Buddha

Never tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil.

— Buddha

When one sees that everything exists as an illusion, one can live in a higher sphere than ordinary man.

— Buddha

Suffering is an illusion.

— Buddha

What is most needed is a loving heart.

— Buddha

Make of yourself a light.

— Buddha

Life Positive Life Self-Realization Enlightenment

The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds the law.

— Buddha

In every trial Let understanding fight for you.

— Buddha

To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.

— Buddha

Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it...

— Buddha

Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.

— Buddha

Meat-eating is condemned by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Sravakas; if one devours meat out of shamelessness he will always be devoid of sense.

— Buddha

The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.

— Buddha

We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it?

— Buddha

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