May I obtain wealth, and … may the wealth … obtained by me be for the benefit of others.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
Where there is uprightness, wisdom is there, and where there is wisdom, uprightness is there.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Good Deeds, Goodness, Deeds
Were I not ready to suffer adversity with my husband as well as to enjoy happiness with him, I should be no true wife.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
He who has done meritorious deeds rejoices both in his present life and in the hereafter. In his present life he rejoices that he has done good deeds. In the hereafter he will rejoice all the more.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Merit
One reaps whatever one has sown. Those who do good receive good and those who do evil receive evil.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Action
Let us now unite in the practice of what is good, cherishing a gentle and sympathizing heart, and carefully cultivating good faith and righteousness.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Thought, Thoughts, Thinking
A wise man is happy because of his wise management knowing how to hurry when it is time to hurry and slow down when it is time to slow down.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Man
Those who are wise in the Dhamma and who revere their superiors are praised in their present lives and are also blessed with happy lives hereafter.
—Buddhist Teaching
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.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Violence
He is wise who purposely remains single, whereas he stains himself who is addicted to sexual intercourse.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Man
What has been designated “name” and “family” … is but a term.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Buddhism
The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Gift
Consider the Dhamma wisely. Only through wisdom can the realization of its meaning be attained. Spiritual deliverance is just like the extinction of a flame.
—Buddhist Teaching
A hundred years of an immoral and wavering person is not worth one day of a person who practises morality and concentration.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Morality
An immoral person usually heaps blame and disgrace upon himself, while one who acts in accordance with the law of morality will always receive admiration and respect.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Morality
Precept is the first refuge, the source and the chief of all other virtues. Therefore let it be purified.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Morality
He who neither kills nor gives the order to kill and neither conquers nor gives the order to conquer cultivates his loving-kindness to all beings, thereby being at enmity with nobody.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Man
If a wise man hopes for the threefold enjoyment of fame, wealth and happiness in the hereafter, let him sincerely practise morality.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Morality
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Health
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Thinking
There is no sin which is so great that a liar cannot do, since he has put aside one virtue (of honesty) and ignores (the just retribution in) the hereafter.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Sin
A well-wishing mind which is well-trained, made unlimited and complete has no limited Karma (action) left.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: The Mind
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
—Buddhist Teaching
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.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Feelings, Fear
Rain falls, wind blows, plants bloom, leaves mature and are blown away; these phenomena are all interrelated with causes and conditions, are brought about by them, and disappear as the causes and conditions change.
—Buddhist Teaching
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.
—Buddhist Teaching
Being generous, just helping one’s relatives and being blameless in one’s actions; this is the best good luck.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Generosity, Helping
Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.
—Buddhist Teaching
Topics: Karma
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