Whoever sees me as form, whoever knows me as sound, has wrongly engaged by abandoning, those beings do not see me. The buddhas are dharmatā viewed; the guides are the dharmakāya. Since dharmatā is not to be known, it is unable to be known. Buddha Shakyamuni
As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed. Buddha Shakyamuni
As a star, a visual aberration, a lamp, an illusion, dew, a bubble, a dream, lightning, and a cloud – view all the compounded like that. Buddha Shakyamuni
Subhūti, I know with clairvoyance that in the past period, during five hundred lifetimes, I was the rishi called ‘Preacher of Patience’; even then there did not arise in me the discrimination as a self; there did not arise the discrimination as a sentient being, discrimination as a living being, discrimination as a person. Subhūti, […]
He who does not take the mind-and-body aggregate (nama-rupa) as “I and mine”, and who does not grieve over the dissolution (of mind and body) is, indeed, called a bhikkhu. Buddha Shakyamuni
The three realms of existence are like a cloud in autumn: The birth and the death of beings is like a dancer’s movement; A being’s life is like a waterfall, Like a flash of lightning in the sky; It never stops even for a single moment and once it starts, It goes inevitably to its […]
By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure. Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another. Buddha Shakyamuni
Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity. Buddha Shakyamuni
As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.
It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse. Buddha Shakyamuni
Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win. Buddha Shakyamuni
It is impossible to liberate others while you are bound. It is possible to liberate others when you are free. Buddha Shakyamuni
You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way. Those meditative ones who tread the path are released from the bonds of Mara. Buddha Shakyamuni
As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed. Buddha Shakyamuni
Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation. Buddha Shakyamuni
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters shape wood; the wise master themselves. Buddha Shakyamuni
Beings evolve through karma, take birth because of karma, enjoy and (function) through karma. Buddha Shakyamuni
Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are. Buddha Shakyamuni
They blame those who remain silent, they blame those speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed. Buddha Shakyamuni
Of what use are your dreams? How can you sleep, when mentally sick, stabbed by the arrow of urge and craving. Buddha Shakyamuni