Buddha's Sayings <For LUNA>

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Buddha's Sayings

1)

Loss of mindfulness is why people engage in useless pursuits, do not care for their own interests, and remain unalarmed in the presence of things which actually menace their welfare.

- Buddha

2)

The moment we are enlightened within, we go beyond the voidness of a world confronting us.

- The Buddha

3)

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle,

and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

Happiness never decreases by being shared."

- Buddha

4)

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own

common sense."

-- Buddha (563BC-483BC)

5)

When desires go, joy comes.

The follower of Buddha finds this truth.

- The Buddha

6)

He who for himself or others craves not for sons or power or wealth, who puts not his own success before the success of righteousness, he is virtuous, and righteous and wise.

- Buddha

7)

Standing or walking, sitting or lying down, during all these waking hours, let him establish mindfulness of good will, which men call the highest state!

- Buddha

8)

When a man knows the solitude of silence, and feels the joy of quietness, he is then free from fear and he feels the joy of the dharma.

- Buddha

9)

If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.

- Buddha

10)

Let us rise up and be thankful,

for if we didn’t learn a lot today,

at least we learned a little,

and if we didn’t learn a little,

at least we didn’t get sick,

and if we got sick,

at least we didn’t die;

so, let us be thankful.

-The Buddha

11)

And from all other cares released, the mind set on collecting my own spirit, to unify and discipline my spirit will I strive.

- Buddha

12)

Hidden in the mystery of consciousness, the mind, incorporeal, flies alone far away.

Those who set their mind on harmony become free from the bonds of death.

- Buddha

13)

"Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds."

-- Siddhartha Buddha

14)

Think not of the faults of others, of what they have done or not done. Think rather of your own sins, of the things you have done or not done.- Buddha

15)

Even as a great rock is not shaken by the wind, the wise man is not shaken by praise or blame.- Buddha

16)

And from all other cares released, the mind set on collecting my own spirit, to unify and discipline my spirit will I strive.- Buddha

17)

Live not a low life; remember and forget not; follow not wrong ideas; sink not into the world.- The Buddha18)

Loss of mindfulness is why people engage in useless pursuits, do not care for their own interests, and remain unalarmed in the presence of things which actually menace their welfare.- Buddha

19)

Whatever is not yours, abandon it.

When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness.- Buddha, "Connected Discourses of the Buddha

Buddha's Sayings (No: 20)

Having enjoyed a sweet delicious taste,And having sometimes tasted what is bitter,Do not greedily enjoy the sweet taste,Do not feel aversion toward the bitter.When touched by pleasant contact, do not be enthralled,Do not tremble when touched by pain.Look evenly on both the pleasant and painful,Not drawn or repelled by anything.- Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"