Shakyamuni Buddha Quotes
These Buddha quotes are those of a noble teacher, Shakyamuni Buddha. Remember that Shakyamuni was a man that lived some 2500 years ago. His awakening opened the gates of great wisdom. These are Shakyamuni's words. They convey the core meaning of his teachings without any additional influences.
The Buddha taught his students the true path. That is, to learn and understand by experiencing for themselves the true way of the world.
This in one of the best if not the best Buddha quotes. It sets the tone for what Shakyamuni is really saying.
"Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read, or hear from others, whether of authority, religious teachers or texts. Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances."
"Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion."
"Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good."
- The Buddha
This is another of the great Buddha quotes. The reason is again that he outlines exactly what the problem of the human condition is as highlighted below.
"When I was a young man, near the beginning of my life, I looked around with true mindfulness and saw that all things are subject to decay. Thus all things are subject to death, sorrow and suffering. I became aware that I too was of the same nature, the nature of beginning and end. What if I searched for that which underlies all creation, that which is nirvana, the perfect freedom from unconditioned existence?"
"After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known. I knew that most people never see this reality because they attach to the material aspect of the world. Illusions of self and other fill their vision. I also realized there are those with little dust limiting their vision."
- The Buddha
A Brahman saw the Buddha meditating by the River. He engaged the Buddha in conversation.
"What caste are you? Asked the Brahman.
"Caste is irrelevant." Said the Buddha.
"How so," said the Brahman, "surely you would agree that Brahman and royalty are of considerable worth whereas peasants and commoners are not?"
"Caste and riches matter not," replied the Buddha, "it is one's conduct that matters."
"How so," said the Brahman.
"In that fire comes from any type of wood so can a wise person come from any caste. It is through the knowing of truth that one becomes noble not through caste. The noble one is the one that doesn't cling to unworthy attachments. The noble one realizes the true way that things are, he no longer thinks of himself as a self and thus has gained clarity."
"You are truly wise," said the Brahman.
Again another of the very important Buddha Quotes.
"It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible. For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in."
"It is in this way that I went forth to teach."
- The Buddha
"Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will become a guide to those in need, revealing the path to many."
- The Buddha Quotes
A Brahman saw the Buddha resting under a tree in meditation. The Brahman was impressed with the Buddha's way.
He asked, "Are you a god?"
"No, Brahman, I'm not a god."
"Are you an angel?"
"No", replied the Buddha.
"You must be a spirit then?"
"No, I'm not a spirit," said the Buddha.
"Then what are you?"
"I'm awake."
- The Buddha Quotes
Another great one of the Buddhas quotes that inspired the entire field of 'living in the now'.
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
- The Buddha
"As a single drop of water fills a bucket so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills a bucket so do small deeds of good."
- The Buddha
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world."
- The Buddha
"One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud."
- The Buddha
"It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear."
- The Buddha Quotes
"Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame."
- The Buddha Quotes
"You should do the work yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way."
- The Buddha
"If there is no other world and there is no fruit and ripening of actions well done or ill done, then here and now in this life I shall be free from hostility, affliction, and anxiety, and I shall live happily.
- The Buddha
"Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would not help lead you to Nirvana."
- The Buddha
"The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice to attain the goal of emptiness, enlightenment and awakening."
- The Buddha's last words.
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