“One should train in [three] deeds of merit—generosity, a balanced life, developing a loving mind—that yield long-lasting happiness.”
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from a scripture called the Itivuttika, here in a translation by John Ireland.
“One should train in three deeds of merit—generosity, a balanced life, developing a loving mind—that yield long-lasting happiness.”—The Buddha Click To Tweet
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Dhammapada:
“If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow.”—Buddha Click To Tweet
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Cetana Sutta, of the Anguttara Nikaya.
“It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.” —The Buddha Click To Tweet
“Whatever living beings there may be — feeble or strong, long, stout, or of medium size, short, small, large, those seen or those unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born as well as those yet to be born — may all beings have happy minds.”
The Buddha, Karaniya Metta Sutta
“Having gone on his almsround, the sage should then go to the forest, standing or taking a seat at the foot of a tree. The enlightened one, intent on jhana, should find delight in the forest, should practice jhana at the foot of a tree, attaining his own satisfaction.” The Buddha
(Source: Nalaka Sutta, Sutta Nipata.)
“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)
“Should a person do good, let them do it again and again. Let them find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.” The Buddha Click To Tweet