WHATEVER, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the
good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings; believe and cling to that doctrine, and take it
as your guide. [Buddha]
As the bee collects nectar and fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. [Mod Buddha]
A generous heart is good for the right sort of people. [Mod Buddha].
A man is not to be considered a good man just because he is an able talker. [Buddha]
By overcoming mental formations in a right way, bliss opens up. [With Buddha]
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, 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. [Buddha]
Sensuous craving often gives rise to dissension, quarrelling and fighting, and so on. [Mod
Buddha]
We are shaped by our thoughts to some extent, but not all that much. [Opp Buddha]
A good path is free from torture and groaning and suffering. [Buddha]
A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts. [Buddha]
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. [Buddha]
Death is not to be feared so much by one who has lived wisely. [With Buddha]
Living well favours a serene death and rebirth in a happy state. [Buddha]
Giving properly means doing so confidently and without too much encumberments.
[With Buddha]
Fit speech stems from fit thought most often. [With Buddha]
One should refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs. [With Buddha]
The prudent man ministers to the chaste and virtuous. [Buddha, Maha-parinibbana Sutta]
Lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold
you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. [Buddha]
By taking what is not given (stealing) one seldom reaches great freedom from animosity.
[Buddha]
A GOOD friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be
respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. [Buddha]
A good way lessens suffering, a great way routs it out. [Cf. Buddha]
Avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison. [Buddha]
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. [Buddha]
Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. Make proper use of it. [In part
Buddha]
Though all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he may no more comprehend the
Truth than a spoon tastes the flavour of the soup. [With Buddha]
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love
one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out
of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden. [Buddha]
With an unhesitant mind one should give where the gift bears great fruit. [Buddha]
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. [Buddha]
Neither overrate nor underestimate what you have received. [Cf. Buddha]
Doubt can be a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations,
thorn that irritates and hurts. [Mod Buddha]
Few are the people who make it to heaven unaided. [Cf. Buddha]
A heap of many sores, diseased, soon to be devoured by old age, is a prey. [With Buddha]
Holding fast to the Truth they shall reach the topmost height. [Buddha]
Freedom from remorse comes in the end from a wholesome morality. Let us hope that.
[With Buddha]
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of
your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person will not be found: You
yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
[Buddha]
BETTER than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace. [Buddha]
Being undisturbed and very steadfast of mind is a gain to be used or directed toward
Great Deliverance. [With Buddha]
To keep the body in good health is a good task. Otherwise we shall not be able to keep
our mind strong and clear. [With Buddha]
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists
only as an idea. [Buddha]
He who envies others does not obtain full peace of mind. [With Buddha].
However many wholesome words you read and speak, what good will they do you if you
do not act sagaciously on them? [Taking off from Buddha]
In the ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of
view. If that is your case, try to make the best out of it anyway. [Mod Buddha]
Let go of mere opinions. [With Buddha]
Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that
leads to wisdom. [Buddha]
Of that which is transient and subject to suffering and change, one cannot rightly say:
`This belongs to me; this am I; this is my Self'. [Buddha]
Men cannot live at all without a spiritual life foundation. [Mod Buddha]
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not
broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world. [Buddha]
There are three kinds of feeling: pleasant, unpleasant, and neither pleasant nor unpleasant
(quite indifferent). [With Buddha]
The words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be
influenced by them for good or ill. [Buddha]
They do not follow righteous ways who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But
those who lead others through non-violent means, knowing right and wrong, may be
guardians of righteous ways. [Buddha]
"Where, lord, should a gift be given?" "Wherever the mind feels confidence". [Buddha]
You must leave unrighteous ways behind, at the very least. [With Buddha]
You should seek to escape becoming a corrupt corpse while living . . . [With Buddha]
ONE should go for great increase of wealth through sound diligence. [With Buddha] (7)
If you can escape disease, by all means do so. [Mod Buddha]
There is a realm where there is neither solid nor world [Great Beyond]. This I call the end
of suffering. [With Buddha]
One had better refrain from what leads to great carelessness. [With Buddha]
There are six classes of consciousness: consciousness of forms, sounds, odours, tastes,
bodily impressions, and of mental objects (lit.: eye-conscious-ness, ear-consciousness,
etc.). [Buddha]
Wherever in the world there are delightful and pleasurable things, there much craving
may subside for a while. *
What is given to a virtuous person could bear great fruit. [With Buddha]
There are beings whose eyes are only a little covered with dust: they may come to
understand the truth. [With Buddha]
You can make known the Truth by helping in setting it forth - and making it your own.
[Buddha]