Buddhism Quotes

• The birth of the Buddha

  "I was delicately nurtured" - The Buddha
• The Buddha's Ascetic life


  "He was determined to practice austerities in their most extreme form" - The Jakata

  
  

  "These austerities are not the path to Enlightenment." The Buddha
• The Buddha's Enlightenment

  "Not until I attain the supreme Enlightenment will I give up this seat of meditation - The Buddha

  
  

  "This is the last birth. There is now no more coming." The Buddha
• The Dhamma


  "To the Buddha for refuge I go, To the Dhamma for refuge I go, To the Sangha for refuge I go" - recited by Buddhists
• The concept of dependent arising


  "All events and incidents in life are intimately linked with the fate of others" - Dalai Lama
• Dukkha


  "What I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering" - The Buddha
• Anicca

  The story of Kisa Gotami (the woman and the mustard seed)

  "This existence of ours is transient as autumn clouds.
• Anatta

  The story of Nagasena and the chariot

  "Form is emptiness and emptiness is form" The Buddha
• First Noble Truth


  "This is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering - The Buddha

  
  

  "The truth of suffering is like a disease" The Buddha
• Third Noble Truth


  "This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering" - The Buddha

  
  

  "To stop suffering you need to stop craving" The Buddha

  
  

  "The only way to stop craving is to live the Middle Way" The Buddha
• Nibbana

  "This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it... This is nibbana."
• Fourth Noble Truth


  "The eightfold path leading to the cessation of suffering" The Buddha

  
  

  "The truth of the path is like a medicine." The Buddha
• Bodhisattva

  "However innumerable sentient beings are; I vow to save them." - A Bodhisattva vow
• Arhat


  "There is no more worldly existence for the Arhat, who is wholly free"
• Buddha Nature


  "All sentient beings have Buddha nature."
• Worship


  "Om mani padme hum" A mantra
• Meditation

  "Even the gods envy those awakened and mindful ones who are intent on meditation" The Buddha

  
  

  "Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts......Remain in the simplicity of the moment." Buddhist monk
• Samatha Meditation


  "Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness" A Buddhist monk
• Walking Meditation


  "Your objective is to attain total alertness, heightened sensitivity and a full, unblocked experience of the motion of walking." Buddhist monk
• Ceremonies and Rituals related to death and mourning


  At the hour of death, the king and the beggar are exactly. - A Buddhist monk
• Karma


  "Not in the sky, not in the middle of the sea, not entering an opening in the mountains is there a place on earth where standing one might be freed from evil action." The Buddha"
• Compassion (Karuna)


  "I believe that at every level of society, the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion." - The Dalai Lama
• Loving and Kindness (Metta)

  "Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings, and loving-kindness towards all the world." - The Sutta Nipata
• The Five Moral Precepts

  "Whoever destroys a living creature, and speaks untruth, takes what is not given in the world, and goes to another's wife and whatever man applies himself to drinking liquor and intoxicants, that person digs up his own root here in the world" - The Buddha