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One word

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. ~ Buddha

Don't believe

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” ~ Buddha

Wisdom

Holy words

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?” ~ Buddha

Gain from meditation

What we think we become

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

Act

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

Live wisely

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

See the miracle

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Believe Nothing

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” ~ Buddha

An impartial eye

If you truly loved yourself,
you could never hurt another.

Those who experiences the unity of life
sees their own Self in all beings,
and all beings in their own Self,
and looks on everything with an impartial eye.

Those who knows life flows,
feels no wear or tear,
needs no mending or repair.

In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go.

~ Siddhārtha Gautama

Result of thought

"All that we are is a result of what we have thought" ~ Buddha

Suffering

Truth of life:
There is suffering in the world
Suffering arises from craving and attachment
Suffering can be eliminated
Right views and the middle way are the key to eliminate suffering

Contentment

"The mind is incomprehensible and exceedingly subtle; it wanders where ever it desires. Therefore, let the wise watch over their minds. A well guarded mind brings contentment." ~ Buddhist quote

Gold and rock are same

"Even if a person accumulates a pile of gold as higher as Mt. Everest, he would not be satisfied. That is why the sage views gold and rock as the same." ~ Buddhist Quote

Result of our thoughts

"All that we are, and all that we become, is the direct result of our thoughts". ~ Buddha

Undisturbed

Lord Buddha was sitting under a banyan tree. One day, a furious Brahmin came to him and started abusing him. The Brahmin thought that Buddha would reciprocate in the same manner, but to his utter surprise, there was not the slightest change in the expression on his face. Now, the Brahmin became more furious. He hurled more and more abuses at Buddha. However, Buddha was completely unmoved. Actually there was a look of compassion on his ace. Ultimately the Brahmin was tired of abusing him. He asked, "I have been abusing you like anything, but why are you not angry at all ?"

Lord Buddha calmly replied, "My dear brother, I have not accepted a single abuse from you." "But you heard all of them, didn't you?" The Brahmin argued half-heartedly. Buddha said, "I do not need the abuses, so why should I even hear them?" Now the Brahmin was even more puzzled. He could not understand the calm reply from Buddha. Looking at his disturbed face, Buddha further explained, "All those abuses remain with you." "It cannot be possible. I have hurled all of them at you," the Brahmin persisted. Buddha calmly repeated his reply, "But I have not accepted even a single abuse from you ! Dear brother, suppose you give some coins to somebody, and if he does not accept them, with whom will those coins remain?" The Brahmin replied, "If I have given the coins and not needed by someone, then naturally they would remain with me."

With a meaningful smile on his face, Buddha said, "Now you are right. The same has happened with your abuses. You came here and hurled abuses at me, but I have not accepted a single abuse from you. Hence, all those abuses remain with you only. So there is no reason to be angry with you." The Brahmin remained speechless. He was ashamed of his behavior and begged for Buddha's forgiveness.

Man's own mind

"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways." ~ Buddha