The Buddha Quotes

Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)

Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit/Devanagari: सिद्धार्थ गौतम Siddhārtha Gautama, c. 563/624 – c. 483/544 BCE) or Siddhattha Gotama in Pali,; also called the Gautama Buddha, the Shakyamuni Buddha ("Buddha, Sage of the Shakyas") or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk (śramaṇa), mendicant, sage, philosopher, teacher and religious leader on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the northeastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.

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Alternative Names: Buddha • Bhagwan Buddha • Prabudha • Munish • Lord Buddha • Sakya-muni • Shakyasimha • Devarajalu • Buddhadeva • Sakyasinha • Tathagata Buddha • Trigyesh • Siddhartha Gautama • Shakyamuni • Sakyamuni • Sugata • Fo • Shakyamuni Buddha • Khajit • Trigya • Mahatma Buddha • Gotama Buddha • Padmayani • Lokapradīpa • Gautama Buddha • Gautam Buddha

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Considera quem te aponta os defeitos como se te desvendasse tesouros. Segue o sábio que te reprova os erros. Na verdade, estar em tal companhia é um grande bem, e não um mal.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

Manopubbangama dhamma
manosettha manomaya
manasa ce padutthena
bhasati va karoti va
tato nam dukkhamanveti
cakkamva vahato padam.

Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.

You don't gather the beauty of a flower by plucking her petals.

if the selflessness of phenomena is analyzed and if this analysis is cultivated, it causes the effect of attaining nirvana. through no other cause does one come to peace.

"I shall live here in the rains,
There in winter,
Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool,
Not aware of the nearness of death.

Oneself, indeed, is one's own protector.
One does, indeed [make] one's own destiny.
Therefore, control yourself
As a merchant does a fine horse.

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

If with uncorrupted mind you feel good will for even one being, you become skilled from that. But a Noble One produces a mind of sympathy for all beings, an abundance of merit.

Los sabios son maestros de sí mismos, no los conmueven las opiniones de los demás, tienen la mente clara, son pacíficos, tienen principios, son independientes y están libres de compulsiones.

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