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.
Dhammapada, Sayings of Buddha
Wisdom of Buddha
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.
When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Dhammapada, Sayings of Buddha
Buddha taught:
Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.
From the Karaniya Metta Sutta
Wisdom of Buddha
Do only what you do not regret and fill yourself with joy.
Dhammapada, Sayings of Buddha
Translation by Thomas Byrom, Shambala, The Fool, p. 20
DHAMMAPADA, Choices
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 follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
Dhammapada 1:1-2 Choices / Twin Verses, Translation by Eknath Easwaran
CONSIDER THIS Nothing in the world happens by chance - not because things are predestined, but because everything is connected by cause and effect. This includes thoughts, because they both cause things to happen and are aroused by things that happen. What we think has consequences for the world around us, - for others, for the world, for ourselves - and sooner or later they will get back to us.
Actions in harmony with dharma (law essence holding life together, the law that all things and events are part of an indivisible whole) bring good karma and add to health and happiness. Selfish actions, at odds with the rest of life, bring unfavorable karma and pain. We punish and reward ourselves.
As Jesus taught: "As you sow, so shall you reap. With whatever measure you mete out to others, with the same measure it shall be meted out to you."
Wisdom of Buddha
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.
Dhammapada, Sayings of Buddha
Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one that gets burned.
Buddha taught:
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire,
men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Dhammapada, Sayings of Buddha, Translation Thomas Byrom, Shambala, 5. The Fool, p. 20
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do if you do not act on them?
Sayings of Buddha
Better than a speech of a thousand vain words is one thoughtful word which brings peace to the mind.
Better than a poem of a thousand vain verses is one thoughtful line which brings peace to the mind.
Better than a hundred poems of vain stanzas is one word of the dharma that brings peace to the mind.
Dhammapada 8:100-102, Thousands, Translation by Eknath Easwaran
Wisdom of Buddha
Hatred can never put an end to hatred; love alone can. This is an unalterable law.
Dhammapada, Sayings of Buddha
DHAMMAPADA, Choices
One who lives as though the things of the world were pure, with senses unguarded and appetite immoderate, lazy and weak, will be overpowered by bedevilment, like a weak tree blown over by the wind.
One who lives as though the things of the world are impure, with senses guarded and appetite moderate, faithful and diligent, will not be overpowered by bedevilment, like a rock mountain unshaken by the wind.
A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated - This is the greatest blessing.
Mangala Sutta, Buddha
Wisdom of Buddha
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
The noble path
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, When one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; When one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
Sayings of Buddha
Wisdom of Buddha
People forget that their lives will end soon. But for those who remember, quarrels come to an end.
Dhammapada, Sayings of Buddha
I do not believe on a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Wisdom of Buddha
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts, we make the world.
The noble path
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do if you do not act on them?
