Gautama Buddha Quotes

those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.

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.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

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

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.

Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention

Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.