Buddha

Spiritual teacher

Founder of Buddhism and one of the most influential religious teachers in world history. Traditional accounts identify him as Siddhartha Gautama, who taught a path to liberation from suffering through ethical conduct, meditation, and insight. His teachings spread widely across South, East, and Southeast Asia.

Books by Buddha

Buddha's Teachings
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Basic teachings of the Buddha
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Buddha, the Gospel
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Quotes by Buddha

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned.
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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
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There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
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Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
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All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
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Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
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Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.
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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
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The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
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