Radiate boundless love towards the entire world.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Your own self is your master; who else could be? With yourself well controlled, you gain a master very hard to find.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
If you meditate earnestly, pure in mind and kind in deeds, leading a disciplined life in harmony with the dharma, you will grow in glory. If you meditate earnestly, through spiritual disciplines you can make an island for yourself that no flood can overwhelm.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
‘All conditioned things are impermanent’ — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draw it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follow a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Live with no sense of 'mine,' not forming attachment to experiences.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again. But if he is peaceful, loving, and fearless, then he is in truth called wise.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy