
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama
c. 563-483 BCE • Indian
Buddhism
The awakened one - founder of Buddhism who taught the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path to liberation from suffering.
Key Works
- Dhammapada
- Pali Canon
- Sutras
115
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Quotes by Buddha
115 quotes“The greatest wealth is health.”
wisdomDhammapada
“There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path.”
happinessBuddhist Teachings
“All conditioned things are impermanent. Strive on with diligence.”
impermanenceMahaparinibbana Sutta
“As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, so cultivate a boundless heart toward all beings.”
loveMetta Sutta
“He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.”
pathDhammapada (Müller 1881)
“Better than a thousand useless verses is one useful line, hearing which one attains peace.”
essenceDhammapada
“All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed, can wrong-doing remain?”
mindDhammapada
“He whose mind is not shaken when touched by the things of the world, sorrowless, stainless, secure — this is the highest blessing.”
equanimityMangala Sutta
“Like a flower that is fair and beautiful but without scent, even so fruitless are the well-spoken words of one who does not act accordingly.”
integrityDhammapada
“Just as a mountain of rock is unshaken by the wind, so the wise are unmoved by praise or blame.”
equanimityDhammapada
“Even as rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unguarded mind.”
disciplineDhammapada
“Conquer anger by non-anger. Conquer evil by good. Conquer the miser by liberality. Conquer the liar by truth.”
transformationDhammapada
“The mind is hard to check, swift, flits wherever it lists; to control it is good. A controlled mind is conducive to happiness.”
mindDhammapada
“Long is the night to him who is awake; long is the road to him who is weary; long is samsara to fools who do not know the true law.”
awakeningDhammapada
“If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
intentionDhammapada
“Let no one neglect his own duty for the sake of another's, however great; let a person, after he has discerned his own duty, be always attentive to his duty.”
dutyDhammapada
“By rousing himself, by earnestness, by restraint and control, the wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.”
disciplineDhammapada
“He who controls his hand, who controls his foot, who controls his speech, who is well-controlled, who delights inwardly, who is collected, alone, content — him they call Bhikshu.”
disciplineDhammapada
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
peaceDhammapada
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