Top 4 Buddhaghosa Quotes

5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist commentator, translator and philosopher

Buddhaghoṣa was a 5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist commentator and scholar.

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Alternative Names: Buddhaghosa Bhikkhu

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Hate seeks out only unreal faults, while understanding seeks out only real faults.

He whose mind is satisfied
with virtue that has been achieved,
Who never thinks to stir himself
And take a meditation subject up,
Contented with mere virtuousness,
Nor striving for a higher state—
His virtue bears the appellation
Of that partaking of stagnation.

Shine as they may, there are no kings
Adorned with jewelry and pearls
That shine as does a man restrained
Adorned with virtue's ornament.

Only virtue's water can
wash out the stain in living things.