Buddhist Quotes - Page 15

• 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.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Dog, War

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• Hunger (for things) is the supreme disease.

  Gautama Buddha

  Disease, Hunger, Supreme

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• And for a disciple thus freed, in whose heart dwells peace, there is nothing to be added to what has been done, and naught more remains for him to do. Just as a rock of one solid mass remains unshaken by the wind, even so, neither forms, nor sounds, nor odors, nor tastes, nor contacts of any kind, neither the desired, nor the undesired, can cause such an one to waver. Steadfast is his mind, gained is deliverance.

  Gautama Buddha

  Freedom, Heart, Rocks

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• Be a light unto yourself.

  Gautama Buddha

  Light

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• In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible.

  Gautama Buddha

  Hate, Law, World

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• Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Loss, Men

  Gautama Buddha (2013). “The Dhammapada”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree. But the Tempter cannot master a man who dwells on the distasteful side of things, self-controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, resolute and full of faith, like the wind cannot move a mountain crag.

  Gautama Buddha

  Faith, Moving, Men

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Meat Eating, Bodhisattva, Ifs

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• Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat? this is the mark of the wise.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, People, Meat

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• My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.

  Gautama Buddha

  Spokes, Whole Life, Single Word

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• Man must have results, real results, in his inner and outer life. I do not mean the results which modern people strive after in their attempts at self-development. These are not results, but only rearrangements of psychic material, a process the Buddhists call 'samsara' and which our Holy Bible calls 'dust'.

  Jacob Needleman

  Real, Mean, Men

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• Many Buddhist teachers have described compassion as the ability to react freely and accurately in any situation. Being nice or feeling sorry for someone may be called for, but so may being fierce and unyielding. When sweetness is applied indiscriminately, it is seen as 'idiot compassion.'

  Issan Dorsey

  Teacher, Sorry, Nice

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• One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.

  Gautama Buddha

  Karma, Moon, Clouds

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• My religion is to live and die without regret.

  Milarepa

  Rest In Peace, Regret, Dies

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Talking, Harmony, Dharma

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• Buddhism isn't about temples, and incense, and shaved heads, and robes. It's not about church. There are aspects of Buddhism that involve that. People enjoy that, it helps them, it strengthens their practice.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Practice, People

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• For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.

  Gautama Buddha

  Compassion, Vegetarianism, Eating Meat

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• I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having ceased to be a Christian.

  Raimon Panikkar

  Christian, Religious, Discovery

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• When I'm riding my bicycle I feel like a Buddhist who is happy just to enjoy his mundane existence

  Robin Williams

  Riding, Existence, Enjoy

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• There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhism, Evil, Abundance

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• Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Finding Yourself

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• A jug fills drop by drop.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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• Rather than encouraging apathy through submissive responses, let us deliver the message loudly and clearly, that needles killing and suffering is wrong.

  Bodo Balsys

  Suffering, Apathy, Messages

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• When the days become longer and there is more sunshine, the grass becomes fresh and, consequently, we feel very happy. On the other hand, in autumn, one leaf falls down and another leaf falls down. The beautiful plants become as if dead and we do not feel very happy. Why? I think it is because deep down our human nature likes construction, and does not like destruction. Naturally, every action which is destructive is against human nature. Constructiveness is the human way. Therefore, I think that in terms of basic human feeling, violence is not good. Non-violence is the only way.

  Dalai Lama

  Beautiful, Fall, Autumn

  "Dzogchen: Heart Essence of the Great Perfection" by Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, 2004.

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• We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our overall population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are "news"; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and , therefore, largely ignored.

  Dalai Lama

  War, Believe, Taken

  "Dzogchen: Heart Essence of the Great Perfection" by Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, 2004.

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