“Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.” The Buddha (Dhammapada, verse 118)
“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
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.
“To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.” The Buddha
This is a genuine Buddha quote. It’s from the Mangala Sutta.
“To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.”
“If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?” – The Buddha
“If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?” – The Buddha
(From 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
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)
“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
(From the Samyutta Nikaya)
“Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.” The Buddha
This is a genuine Buddha quote, from the Dhammapada:
Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
“Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.” The Buddha
This is a genuine quote from the Buddha. It’s from the Kimsila Sutta.
“Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.” The Buddha
“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
“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)
“Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.” The Buddha
This is a genuine quote from the Buddha. It’s found in the Kimsuka Sutta, where, in the course of a parable, he puts these words in the mouth of an unnamed monk.
“Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.” The Buddha