“When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.” The Buddha
“When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.” The Buddha Share on X(From the Samyutta Nikaya)
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Karaniya Metta Sutta:
“Radiate boundless love towards the entire world.” —Buddha Share on X “Radiate boundless love towards the entire world—above, below, and across—unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.”—The Buddha Share on X
From the Dhammapada, verse 39:
“There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.” The Buddha Share on X
This is a saying from the Pali canon, upadhi dukkhassa mūlanti, which means “Attachment is the root of suffering.” So this is a genuine canonical quote.
You’ll find it in this sutta, but translated by Thanissaro as “Acquisition is the root of stress.” His translations are rather idiosyncratic.
In this translation of the same sutta it’s “acquisition is the root of suffering.”
Bhikkhu Bodhi’s translation (not available online, but in The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, page 868) has “attachment is the root of suffering,” although he sometimes has “acquisition” in place of “attachment,” in various repetitions of the phrase.
“The root of suffering is attachment.” The Buddha Share on X“He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.”
The Buddha (from the Sutta Nipata)
“He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads, — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.” The Buddha Share on X
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Dhammapada, verse 118:
“Should someone do good, let them do it again and again. They should develop this habit, for the accumulation of goodness brings joy.”—The Buddha.
“Should someone do good, let them do it again and again. They should develop this habit, for the accumulation of goodness brings joy.”—The Buddha Share on X
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from Saṃyutta Nikāya, 55.7.
“The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others. Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?”—The Buddha
“The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others. Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?” —The Buddha Share on X
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from The Dhammapada.
“Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!” The Buddha Share on X
This is a genuine quotation from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Sutta Nipata
“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.”
The Buddha
This is a genuine Buddha quote. It’s from the Dhammapada, from a verse that reads in full,
“You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.” The Buddha Share on XYou yourself must strive.
The Buddhas only point the way.
Those meditative ones who tread the path
are released from the bonds of Mara.