Quotes Listing

'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.

Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.

It's a good thing to be satisfied with what one has.

If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across? – The Buddha

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.

As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.

One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

May all beings have happy minds.