sayings of buddha
1. If someone hurts a pure man without blemish, That foolish man feels his own demerit, like fine sand thrown against the wind.
- (Samyukta Nikaya 1:3:2)
2. In the world, there are four lights, a fifth is not evident During the day the sun burns and the moon shines at night
Fire burns here and there, day and night Of illuminations, the all knowing one's light is foremost and incomparable.
- (Samyukta Nikaya 1:3:6)
3. In the world, there are five strands of sensuality and mind is the sixth. Dispelling the interest for them, should be released from unpleasantness.
- (Samyukta Nikaya 1:3:10)
4. A certain one gives unrighteous gifts By plundering, binding and causing grief A thousand offerings with tearful eyes and punishment Are not even a quarter, compared to a righteous offering.
- (Samyukta Nikaya 1:4:2)
5. A gift given out of faith is always praised, Giving a gift is, as good as a sermon, Before giving and even earlier, one is appeased, And the wise, even attain extinction, by giving gifts.
-(Samyukta Nikaya 1:4:3)
6. To be proud of birth, of wealth or clan, and to despise one's own kinsmen — this is a cause of one's downfall.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 5:1:6)
7. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 10:1:1)
8. Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non- hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 10:1:5)
9. You yourselves must strive; the Buddhas only point the way. Those meditative ones who tread the path are released from the bonds of Mara.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 10:76)
10. All conditioned things are unsatisfactory" — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 10: 278 )
11. Support for one's parents, assistance to one's wife and children, consistency in one's work: This is the highest protection.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 1:5-)
12. If outsiders should speak against you,, you should not on that account either bear malice, or suffer heart- burning, or feel ill will. If you, on that account, should be angry and hurt, that would stand in the way of your, own self-conquest.
If outsiders should speak in praise of you on that account, be filled with pleasure or gladness, or be lifted up in heart. Were you to be so that also would stand in the way of your self-conquest.
- (Digha Nikaya 1:5-6)
13. It is a custom in the discipline in the noble ones, that whoever look upon his fault as a fault and rightfully confesses it, shall attain to self restraint in future.
- (Digha Nikaya 2-100 )
- (Samyukta Nikaya 1:3:2)
2. In the world, there are four lights, a fifth is not evident During the day the sun burns and the moon shines at night
Fire burns here and there, day and night Of illuminations, the all knowing one's light is foremost and incomparable.
- (Samyukta Nikaya 1:3:6)
3. In the world, there are five strands of sensuality and mind is the sixth. Dispelling the interest for them, should be released from unpleasantness.
- (Samyukta Nikaya 1:3:10)
4. A certain one gives unrighteous gifts By plundering, binding and causing grief A thousand offerings with tearful eyes and punishment Are not even a quarter, compared to a righteous offering.
- (Samyukta Nikaya 1:4:2)
5. A gift given out of faith is always praised, Giving a gift is, as good as a sermon, Before giving and even earlier, one is appeased, And the wise, even attain extinction, by giving gifts.
-(Samyukta Nikaya 1:4:3)
6. To be proud of birth, of wealth or clan, and to despise one's own kinsmen — this is a cause of one's downfall.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 5:1:6)
7. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 10:1:1)
8. Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non- hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 10:1:5)
9. You yourselves must strive; the Buddhas only point the way. Those meditative ones who tread the path are released from the bonds of Mara.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 10:76)
10. All conditioned things are unsatisfactory" — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 10: 278 )
11. Support for one's parents, assistance to one's wife and children, consistency in one's work: This is the highest protection.
- (Khuddaka Nikaya 1:5-)
12. If outsiders should speak against you,, you should not on that account either bear malice, or suffer heart- burning, or feel ill will. If you, on that account, should be angry and hurt, that would stand in the way of your, own self-conquest.
If outsiders should speak in praise of you on that account, be filled with pleasure or gladness, or be lifted up in heart. Were you to be so that also would stand in the way of your self-conquest.
- (Digha Nikaya 1:5-6)
13. It is a custom in the discipline in the noble ones, that whoever look upon his fault as a fault and rightfully confesses it, shall attain to self restraint in future.
- (Digha Nikaya 2-100 )