Gautama Buddha Quotes About Enlightenment
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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
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However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
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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.
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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
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Concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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After enlightenment, the laundry.
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Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that Dharma and nothing is therein at variance. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlighten'
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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. 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.
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There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.
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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
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If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
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Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment.
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Remember, the greatest gift to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
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I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.
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Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.
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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
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In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
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We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.
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Suffering is temporary, enlightenment is forever.
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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
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All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
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What you think you become.
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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
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Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everythiong else.
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They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.
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