There are these two extremes that are not to be indulged in by one who has gone forth. Which two? That which is devoted to sensual pleasure with reference to sensual objects: base, vulgar, common, ignoble, unprofitable; and that which is devoted to self-affliction: painful, ignoble, unprofitable. Avoiding both of these extremes, the middle way […]
If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across. Buddha Shakyamuni
There are three types of people in the world. What three? One who is like carving on a rock, one who is like scratching on the ground, and one who is like writing on the water. What sort of person is like carving on a rock? Imagine a certain person who is always getting angry […]
There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires. Buddha Shakyamuni
To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing. Buddha Shakyamuni
Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet. Buddha Shakyamuni
Thoroughly understanding the Dhamma and freed from longing through insight, the wise one rid of all desire is calm as a pool unstirred by wind. Buddha Shakyamuni
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal. Buddha Shakyamuni
Therefore, bhikkhus, you should train yourselves thus: ‘We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by loving-kindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.’ Thus should you train yourselves. Buddha Shakyamuni
One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble. Buddha Shakyamuni
A disciplined mind brings happiness. Buddha Shakyamuni
Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people. Buddha Shakyamuni
Give, even if you only have a little. Buddha Shakyamuni
Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes. Buddha Shakyamuni
When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself. Buddha Shakyamuni
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace. Buddha Shakyamuni
Not by birth is one an outcast; not by birth is one a brahman. By deed one becomes an outcast, by deed one becomes a brahman. Buddha Shakyamuni
Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure. Buddha Shakyamuni
Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good. Buddha Shakyamuni
The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what’s pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.