Quotes by Indian Authors - Page 57

When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself?
Śāntideva
When fear and suffering are disliked by me and others equally what is so special about me that I protect myself and not the other?
Śāntideva
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
Gautama Buddha
Bhikkus, all is burning. And what is the all that is burning?The eye is burning, visible forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning; also whatever is felt as pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant that arises with eye-contact as its condition, that too is burning. Burning with what? Burning with the fire of greed, with the fire of hate, with the fire of delusion, with birth, ageing and death, with sorrow, with lamentation, with pain, grief and despair it is burning.
Gautama Buddha
So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purification of mind is for the sake of reaching purification of view; purification of view is for the sake of reaching purification by overcoming doubt; purification by overcoming doubt is for the sake of reaching purification by knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path; purification by knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path is for the sake of reaching purification by knowledge and vision of the way; purification by knowledge and vision of the way is for the sake of reaching purification by knowledge and vision; purification by knowledge and vision is for the sake of reaching final Nibbāna [Nirvana] without clinging. It is for the sake of final Nibbāna without clinging that the holy life is lived under the Blessed One.
Gautama Buddha
Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat should not be eaten in these three instances. I say that there are three instances in which meat may be eaten: when it is not seen, not heard, and not suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat may be eaten in these three instances.
Gautama Buddha
Suppose a man threw into the sea a yoke with one hole in it, and the east wind carried it to the west, and the west wind carried it to the east, and the north wind carried it to the south, and the south wind carried it to the north. Suppose there were a blind turtle that came up once at the end of each century. What do you think, bhikkhus? Would that blind turtle put his neck into that yoke with one hole in it?""He might, venerable sir, sometime or other at the end of a long period.""Bhikkhus, the blind turtle would sooner put his neck into that yoke with a single hole in it than a fool, once gone to perdition, would take to regain the human state, I say. Why is that? Because there is no practising of the Dhamma there, no practising of what is righteous, no doing of what is wholesome, no performance of merit. There mutual devouring prevails, and the slaughter of the weak.
Gautama Buddha
What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay... Everything is impermanence, dissatisfaction and nothing can ever belong to itself
Gautama Buddha
I shall live here in the rains,There in winter,Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool,Not aware of the nearness of death.
Gautama Buddha
Greater than all the joysOf heaven and earth,Greater still than dominionOver all the worlds,Is the joy of reaching the stream.
Gautama Buddha
You are as the yellow leaf.The messengers of death are at hand.You are to travel far away.What will you take with you?You are the lampTo lighten the way.Then hurry, hurry.When your light shinesWithout impurity or desireYou will come into the boundless country.Your life is falling away.Death is at hand.Where will you rest on the way?What have you taken with you?You are the lampTo lighten the way.Then hurry, hurry.When your light shines purelyYou will not be bornAnd you will not die.
Gautama Buddha
Like a caring motherholding and guarding the lifeof her only child,so with a boundless heartof lovingkindness,hold yourself and all beingsas your beloved children.
Gautama Buddha
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.
Gautama Buddha
We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.
Gautama Buddha
He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Gautama Buddha
First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation;And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.
Gautama Buddha
Truth... has no obligation to console you.
Osho
Within my body are all the sacred places of the world and the most profound pilgrimage that I can ever make is within my own body.
Saraha
I shall never forget the peace of his hermitage amidst the eternal snows and the lesson he taught me: that we cannot face the Great Void before we have the strength and greatness to fill it with our entire being. Then the Void is not the negation merely of our limited personality, but the Plenum-Void which includes, embraces and nourishes it, like the womb of space in which the light moves eternally without ever being lost.
Anagarika Govinda
By incorporating him (Buddha) into the domain of Hindu traditions, and by depicting him as a Hindu sage who was a glorious incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the Brahmins attempted to secure their position of authority in the society.
Abhijit Naskar
Unlike most other world religions, Buddhism has never been too rigid in its structure.
Abhijit Naskar
The most important and uniquely glorious element of Buddha’s character was that, he did not compel his pupils to be slaves either to his teachings or to himself, but like a conscientious human, demanded from his followers to accept his words not merely out of regard for him but after subjecting them to a thorough examination. And this is where Buddha stands out from the crowd of self-proclaimed prophets.
Abhijit Naskar
It is the ultimate religion, through which all humans neuropsychologically morph into Buddhas, or Enlightened Beings.
Abhijit Naskar
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Buddha Gautama
Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned the Dhamma, they do not examine the meaning of those teachings with wisdom. Not examining the meaning of those teachings with wisdom, they do not gain a reflective acceptance of them. Instead they learn the Dhamma only for the sake of criticising others and for winning in debates, and they do not experience the good for the sake of which they learned the Dhamma.
Gautama Buddha
Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will at heart would not be upholding my Teaching. Monks, even in such a situation you should train yourselves thus: 'Neither shall our minds be affected by this, nor for this matter shall we give vent to evil words, but we shall remain full of concern and pity, with a mind of love, and we shall not give in to hatred. On the contrary, we shall live projecting thoughts of universal love to those very persons, making them as well as the whole world the object of our thoughts of universal love — thoughts that have grown great, exalted and measureless. We shall dwell radiating these thoughts which are void of hostility and ill will.' It is in this way, monks, that you should train yourselves.
Gautama Buddha
The victorious ones have saidThat emptiness is the relinquishing of all views.For whomever emptiness is a view,That one has achieved nothing.
Nāgārjuna
Through countless births in the cycle of existence I have run, not finding although seeking the builder of this house; and again and again I faced the suffering of new birth. Oh housebuilder! Now you are seen. You shall not build a house again for me. All your beams are broken, the ridgepole is shattered. The mind has become freed from conditioning: the end of craving has been reached.
Gautama Buddha
The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next
Gautama Buddha
All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.
Gautama Buddha
Where would I find enough leatherTo cover the entire surface of the earth?But with leather soles beneath my feet,It’s as if the whole world has been covered.
Śāntideva
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.
Mahatma Gandhi
Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.
Gautama Buddha
Purity or impurity depends on oneself,No one can purify another.
Gautama Buddha
Attachment leads to suffering.
Gautama Buddha
When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.
Deepak Chopra
You only lose what you cling to.
Gautama Buddha
Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you know for yourselves that, ‘These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare & to happiness’ — then you should enter & remain in
Gautama Buddha
It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along; and therewith they will cook food and dispel darkness, while the original torch itself remains burning ever the same. It is even so with the bliss of th
Gautama Buddha
Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquerjust one —himself.Better to conquer yourselfthan others.When you've trained yourself,living in constant self-control,neither a deva nor gandhabba,nor a Mara banded with Brahmas,could turn that triumphback into defeat.
Gautama Buddha
Look at your heart-flower and smile.You will be able to solve your most pressing problems.
Sri Chinmoy
No matter how fleeting Your smile is,Your smile is the very beginningOf your wisdom-light.
Sri Chinmoy
every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing
Mother Teresa
A smile doesn't always stand for a perfect life.
Faraaz Kazi
If you can win an argument by stretching your lips with a smile, why open your mouth and lose it.
Sukant Ratnakar
If you can win an argument by stretching your lips for a smile, why open your mouth and lose it.
Sukant Ratnakar
S.M.I.L.E - A Sweet Mile in Life's Experience
Ankita Agrawal
While talking to you I always get a Little Smile on my face that I never noticed
Pawan Mehra
Dilute your arrogance with a smile.
Sukant Ratnakar
Be awesome! Smile like a flower.
Debasish Mridha
Peace is a child's beautiful smile and a flower's freshnessPeace is an inner perception of joyfulness and happiness.
Debasish Mridha
Good Morning! Wake up and smile like the morning sun.
Debasish Mridha
A smile is the best make-up.
Debasish Mridha
Smile more to attract more.
Debasish Mridha
If you carry a weapon, war will follow you. If you carry a smile, love will knock at your door.
Amit Ray
Life is a tragedy. so, walk through it with a dam SMILE
chefPrayas
A smile is the expression of ecstasy of life.
Debasish Mridha
In the morning I drink a glass of sunshine to brighten my heart. I smile to spread the light of life.
Debasish Mridha
To smile pleasantly is to own the moment fully.To think pleasantly is to enjoy the moment fully.
Debasish Mridha
Be a smile on someone's lips.
Debasish Mridha