This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures.
“Just as with her own life A mother shields from hurt Her own son, her only child, Let all-embracing thoughts For all beings be yours.” The Buddha Share on XJust as with her own life
A mother shields from hurt
Her own son, her only child,
Let all-embracing thoughts
For all beings be yours.
It’s from the Metta Sutta.
“Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, upon hearing which one attains peace.”—The Buddha
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Dhammapada, verse 100.
“Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, upon hearing which one attains peace.”—The Buddha Share on X
This is a genuine Buddha quote. It’s from the Dhammapada, verse 50.
“Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.” The Buddha Share on XLet none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone. – The Buddha.
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
This is a genuine Buddha quote. It’s from the Dhammapada, verse 320.
“As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.” The Buddha Share on X
“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.” – The Buddha
(From the Sutta Nipata)
“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.” – The Buddha Share on X
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures, said to have been uttered by the Buddha himself:
‘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’s from a text called the Nalaka Sutta, which is found in the Sutta Nipata)
“‘As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.’ Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.” The Buddha Share on X
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Sutta Nipata.
“Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened.” The Buddha
“There is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened.” The Buddha Share on X “Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened.” The Buddha Share on X
“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.” The Buddha (from the Udana)
“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.” The Buddha Share on X
This is a genuine Buddha quote, from the Dhammapada:
“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.” The Buddha Share on XHatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Sutta Nipata.
“See them, floundering in their sense of mine, like fish in the puddles of a dried-up stream — and, seeing this, live with no mine, not forming attachment to experiences.”
—The Buddha