Daily Dhamma

Learn about nature, understand it and live with it

Dhammacaro

Older Daily Dhamma:

• Learn about nature, understand it and live with it
• Feel the shame of evil actions, mentally, verbally and physically. This is called “The power of moral shame”.
• Those who are not wise become slave to their wanting, but those who are wise escape from it.
• The most severe danger for human beings is wrong understanding.
• Good listening brings about knowledge and wisdom in life.
• The mind is pure, but if it is not purified or trained, it can be defiled by defilements.
• Wisdom is the first and last goal of Buddhism. It is as important, as the Buddha said, in Dhammapada, “Nothing is as brilliant as wisdom”.
• Don’t worry before we start to do things; just do it and the consequences will definitely follow, exactly according to our own effort.
• Bad speech is regarded as a dangerous weapon.
• We cannot guarantee things and they cannot be relied on, because they are in the condition of impossibility.
• If we are wise, impossibility can be turned into the possible.
• Whenever we are angry, we are restless and uncomfortable. On the contrary, whenever we are kind-hearted, we are peaceful and happy.
• Good relationships and cooperation are needed in any community as we were born in this very world.
• When the Buddha started to teach the world, first of all, he abolished the caste system, which was the cause of divisions in society.
• We have to help ourselves, be our own refuge. We cannot take refuge in other things because they are subject to impermanence”.
• There is no point in destroying friendship or good relationships, so to learn to live together in peace and harmony is the great idea.
• The Buddha guarantees that it is possible for us to free the mind from suffering if we also train or purify our mind, like him and his disciples.
• The mind is pure, but if it is not purified or trained, it can be defiled by defilements.
• Everything is possible for those who learn and practise. On the contrary, it is impossible for those who neither learn nor practise.
• If the mind is not trained, it is not ready for work and does not know its duty.
• There is no way we can commit bad actions and get away with it.
• What we are now is what we have done so we must take responsibility for what action we have done.
• With confidence, effort, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom, life can be peaceful and happy.
• A family in which children respect, and are grateful to parents, is blessed and protected.
• To learn to live together in peace and harmony is the great idea.
• The teaching must be good at the beginning, middle and end, both theory and practice so it can get rid of all defilements and put suffering to an end.
• To get rid of suffering is a big task to undertake and suffering is so big that we need the cooperation, or relationship; give one another a hand and then the work can be done.
• Blaming culture destroys unity or harmony and adds more troubles to the one who blames.
• Stop blaming, and work together in peace and harmony.
• The destination is possible, we just follow the path with confidence.
• The calm and clear mind has no problem, but only peace.
• If you just talk about the teaching, it shall not rid you of your doubt.
• Love is one thing that we should bear in mind, especially loving-kindness.
• Be a giver, not an asker, especially with your parents.
• With mindfulness, we can see all feelings; whether happy or unhappy, wholesome, or unwholesome and the causes of suffering or happiness. It is within our mind and body, we need to just develop it and use it in our daily life.
• The Buddha did not offer a magical cure for dukkha, but he did point out that everything arises because of causes. When the cause is eliminated so is the effect.
• Our life is burned by greed, hatred and delusion when we fall under their power.
• Life is a battle, the one who can win is only the one who thinks he can.
• Learn to know what you really need is the thing must put first.
• A great method of teaching is to show wrong and right.
• If a family is stable and unique, the community is happy and peaceful.
• Take good care of your mind, then your life will be safe.
• Two dhammas, the Buddha taught, are firstly to realise what is wrong and secondly to avoid doing the wrong thing which leads to suffering.
• To know wrong and not to repeat it is the first thing the Buddha taught the world to do.
• To teach people to know right from wrong must be put first.
• Never to do evil, always to do good and purify the mind. This is the teachings of the Buddhas.
• Without greed, hatred and delusion, life is pure and peaceful.
• Hope never goes out from our life and with Hope we can have Confidence, Peace and Love.
• some people are so confident that they do things without consideration and they become careless. Their life is risky.
• The practice of enduring patience is of the greatest importance.
• Build good relationship and association and live together in peace and harmony.
• Sometimes, we don’t see the good things in life yet, don’t judge that life is too bad when we see a few things wrong.
• Don't get stuck with a few bad things in life.
• Many good things are in life, why do we see only a few wrong things?
• It is easy to teach but it is hard to put into action. it needs a lot of effort.
• We might have done something wrong, but that could be our lesson for development in order to see things beautifully or rightly.
• The technique for seeing the right things is to stop finding fault with oneself and turn up the other side of the coin.
• Wish you a very happy new year
• “Seeing happiness as happiness, seeing suffering as suffering, seeing wholesome acts as wholesome acts and seeing unwholesome acts as unwholesome acts" is real wisdom.
• Making merit is to bury the treasure for the future life
• The best way to deal with treasure: Repay the old debt, lend it and burry it for the future.
• We must open our mind to learn and see the reality, as the Buddha said, "Come and see for yourself".
• Hope is a beautiful thing. It gives us the light of peace, confidence, and love.
• There is no way we can commit bad action and get away with it.
• The action must be right action, through the educational process; learning and practice are the two main commitments needed to reach the goal.
• You will become what you believe you are; so believe in doing good.
• Kamma is always watching us whenever we go.
• Life should be built with intelligence and skill.
• Not to do any evil, to do or cultivate good and to purify the mind.
• Good or bad is all in the mind. If our mind is good, we will face good things.
• Love is one thing that we should bear in mind, especially loving-kindness.
• Kamma is always watching us whenever we go. Be careful of our own kamma.
• We must have wit and remember to investigate before making any conclusions.
• Don’t worry if we encounter bad experiences because they will pass.
• Do not give way to heedlessness because it leads to dangers.
• It is always better, and never worse, to associate with a good friend.
• All things are not-self - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away fro suffering. This is the path to purification.
• The wise are controlled in bodily action, controlled in speech and controlled in thoughts. They are truly well-controlled.
• Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.
• Feed our body by healthy food, feed our brain by right information and feed our mind by right understanding, peace, happiness and wisdom will grow in our life
• Carefulness can help us see what is really happening to us now, so that we are not deluded.
• Nothing is as uplifting as giving a hand.
• It is true that to help each other is great, and nothing is as uplifting as giving a hand.
• If we are careful, mindful or considerable, there is no gap for repentance.
• Greed is the most fatal as it can destroy the whole life.
• The question ‘whether to live a random life or live a noble life’ should be put to ourselves.
• Life is like a movie frame. If we investigate it closely and continuously, we can see it frame by frame, moment by moment.
• The Buddha said, “If the mind is trained to know itself, it will know its duties, big or small.”
• Mindfulness is the best protection from any physical and mental danger.
• Those who depend on others cannot attain any progress or development in life.
• Believe it or not, we are capable of changing for the better.
• Buddhism teaches human beings to see things as they really are, happiness or pain has a cause.
• Good action can change mankind for the better.
• It is not too late to put things right, but we have to learn to know and put our knowledge into practice.
• Sharpening our skills from time to time is the key to success.
• The Buddha did not offer a magical cure for dukkha, but he did point out that everything arises because of causes.
• Craving and ignorance are the two main forces which cause kamma, and, therefore, existence.
• Reality is not separate from our usual mind. It is what is actually here, now, and has to be seen or known at every changing moment.
• We should not allow our mental scaffolding to restrict our development.
• We must clearly know what it is that we want. Then we will not repent later.
• We cannot succeed if we only use strength. We must use our wisdom as well.
• Don’t worry if we encounter bad experiences because it will pass.
• When we encounter the problem, big or small, we must try to solve it without discouragement.
• It is easy to deal with life if we are less greedy
• Wherever there is generosity or help, there will be happiness, joy, harmony, unity etc.
• Learn the truth, understand it and accept it. Life will be happy and peaceful.
• Anywhere there is selfishness or the selfish, there will be restlessness, hunger, crimes, civil war etc.
• The result of kamma is not a judgment. It is just a consequence of action.
• The Buddha emphasized that it is important for us to see things the way they truly are and not be deluded or distracted by them to the point where we enslave ourselves through attachment.
• ““The more you detach, the more you are free”
• “The more you desire, the more you attach; the more you attach, the more you become a slave”
• Hope is the light of peace, confidence and loving-kindness so keep it in our mind.
• Let everything be according to its nature. You may hold, but don’t grasp.
• Don't leave the gap left for unwholesome things to enter
• No complaining, no blaming, Just doing it.
• Experience it for what it truly is without forming any opinion.
• Fully understanding the mind leads to the highest state of wisdom.
• When we associate with the good and wise man, it leads next to learning and listening to his advice.
• The heart of the Buddha’s teaching describes how to avoid bad actions.
• There is nothing as uplifting as loving-kindness and compassion.
• Think good, speak good, then you will find only good thing in life.
• If we are content with what we have, it is true that happiness will be in our hearts.
• All human beings have the ability to learn, more or less, so we must learn to improve our life.
• The experience of problem enables us to be stronger.
• A weapon to get rid of hatred or ill will is metta, loving kindness, because it will not cause any trouble afterwards.
• Spiritual life is another thing which develops insight within life. This development gives life delight, cheer, joy, happiness and merriness.
• Don' t be merciless to yourself and others as we have unconditional love towards all beings.
• Everything that happens has a specific cause and causes and there must be some relationships between the cause and the effect.
• Purification of the mind is the most important thing in Buddhism.
• Some people simply go through life under the influence of their past habits, without making an effort to change them and falling victim to their unpleasant results.
• The Buddha taught us out of compassion and we, Buddhist, teach others out of compassion.
• The world today needs a kind-hearted population so that the world will be in peace.
• Train yourself and you will know you have great potential ability.
• If we are mindful or conscious about life, we don’t repent later.
• It is advisable to take some time to analysis the information. Investigate it thoroughly and wisely before coming to any conclusions.
• The first thing we should bear in mind is ‘we can do it’.
• We should pay more attention to our own kamma, especially good kamma, which can lead us to having a happy life.
• The standpoint of the non-self teaching is not to attach to any idea and to see things as they really are, without forming any opinion based on imagination or visualisation.
• I am rich, it is not because I have a lot of money, but it is because I am satisfied with what I have.
• For a patient person, even the long difficult hour lasts only 60 minutes.
• Human beings are capable of knowing cause and effect. This capability makes us successful in life as we can use it in our work or future planning.
• "Indeed the sign of happiness is in your heart, you have to nurture and develop it."
• Wisdom cannot be bought, not even for money. We must have direct experience through our own study and practice.
• Kind-heartedness sounds very nice to the world as there would be no gap for selfishness, cruelty, hatred, jealousy etc.
• Each of our troubles is a stepping-stone.
• When we encounter problems, we must put them down and forge ahead.
• Each experience is a stepping-stone bringing us to this precise moment, right here and now.
• One thing we must bear in mind is not to give up.
• Without understanding, what is true, it is hard to live a complete and happy life.
• In life, truth is what we should realize otherwise we delude ourselves.
• Education is vitally important as it gives us a light by which we can guide our lives.
• it might be worth considering that when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
• We should keep away from bad influences and keep only the company of good people for our own sake.
• The subject ‘Learn to know the truth as it really is’, that the Buddha taught, is not beyond daily life, just be mindful of all actions done in daily life.
• Liberation is the ultimate aim of Buddhist meditation, especially liberation from clinging, attachment and defilements.
• The Buddha said, “The Dhamma I discovered is for the purification of doubt, delusion and ignorance.
• Wisdom means the training to realise things as they truly are.
• Everything has two sides, good and bad. We must use it wisely.
• we must cultivate wholesomeness, not repeat the unwholesomeness, learn from our mistakes to grow up with right understanding. And then we can live a happy life.
• we might have done something wrong, but that could be our lesson for development in order to see things beautifully or rightly.
• Buddhism gives wisdom as something which can cut off suffering and attachment and leads all beings to real happiness.
• Wisdom is the best tool., only wisdom can cut off the root of all suffering and it is worthwhile developing wisdom.
• It is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.
• Think good, speak good, then you will find only good thing in life.
• If the mail which you sent returns to you, that means your speech will bounce back on you.
• The success happens from doing, it is not from thinking or saying
• If we accept the light and warmth of the sun, we have to accept the rain and storm.
• When we see a problem, it means that we solve it haft way.
• When there is a problem, don’t find someone to blame, but think how to solve it.
• If we are optimistic, we have only peace in our mind.
• If we find fault with others, we have only hatred in our mind.
• Just carry out your duty as best as you can and everything will be fine.
• Sometimes we don’t understand our own actions, therefore we must not judge others.
• The candle that gives light to other candles will not lose its light. On the other hand it gives more light.
• I am rich, it is not because I have a lot of money, but it is because I am satisfied with what I have.
• For a patient person, even the long difficult hour lasts only 60 minutes.
• How can you see the beauty of the ocean if you dare not travel out of the shore.
• Life is always so busy with this and that thing that we don’t have time to enjoy life at the present moment.
• The problems are not as frightening as we think.
• Wisdom makes us fully understand the life system that is subject to the natural law. With wisdom, we see things for what they truly are.
• Whether we go up or down depends on us; if we want to go up, we have to learn to develop our life. If we want to go down, we do nothing and then our wish is fulfilled.
• Good teaching can be our basic principle in life, which leads us to happiness and success in life.
• The insight paves the way to right understanding, and the cessation of all problems.
• “The Buddha never dies from the wholesome mind. Every wholesome mind has the Buddha”.
• Expectations, likes or dislikes, will bring us disappointment, suffering, depression and so on.
• The calm and clear mind has no problem, but only peace.
• We must consider our life; with what, really, our life gets stuck. When we know it, we can liberate ourselves from it.
• Liberation is the ultimate aim of Buddhist meditation, especially liberation from clinging, attachment and defilements.
• We cannot succeed if we only use strength. We must use our wisdom as well.
• “Take responsibility for your life because no one can do it for you”.
• So our life is not serious and nor should it be, “Just be happy and don’t worry about it”.
• Buddhism is a science for getting rid of problems and suffering in life.
• ‘Being stronger and wiser’ is the key to success in everything we do.
• Everything is possible; it is really up to you.
• With wisdom and mindfulness we can be safe in the life process.
• Forgiveness is a wonderful thing to cultivate in the mind. It is a medicine to heal anger.
• Knowing the five aggregates is to know life and knowing life is not to attach to it. Non-attachment is non-suffering.
• Happiness and suffering spring from the mind; its state or process is absolute truth.
• All the Dhamma of the Buddha is valuable. It is like the best medicine to heal all diseases of the world.
• LIfe is not always the same. It keeps changing from one stage to another. The important thing is that we have to understand this pattern of life
• “Don’t let past disappointments block your bright future.”
• Kind-heartedness sounds very nice to the world. Why isn’t it cultivated in our life?
• Metta is one of the solutions to cure hatred, which Buddha revealed to the world.
• All actions performed by us will return to us; all we are now are reflection of our own kamma.
• As to the importance of education, a human being has to study externally and internally.
• Do not be careless with the time left, because life is impermanent and uncertain.
• “Hearing is only hearing” (action) is good, it is not judgment or forming an opinion at all.
• The world today needs a kind-hearted population so that the world will be in peace.
• The Buddhist teachings do not in any way promote clinging or attachment.
• Attachment is an emotion that causes human beings to suffer.
• It is easy to deal with life if we are less greedy
• Humility is praised by the Buddha and his noble disciples.
• In general, the Buddhist practice is the middle way, not too loose or too tight. So the first characteristic of Buddhism is that it follows the Middle way.
• The middle way also has the meaning of practising or living with moderation.
• The thing we can do is to learn to live with things as they are.
• If anyone tries to change things to the way they want, they will be disappointed.
• The Buddha is still here with those who learn and practise his teachings. He is in our hearts.
• Buddha grows in our hearts, we know, we understand and make use of this knowledge. The Buddha does exist here and now”.
• To eradicate doubt is the main task of those who want liberation.
• The Buddha said, “Only suffering arises and only suffering ceases.” So “Don’t be deluded by suffering, find its cause and get rid of it.”
• The Buddha taught the world not to give up to desire which causes them suffering.
• Everything is like the coin in hand; to see it or not, does not change its form or value. The thing we should bear in mind is to learn to see our wanting or our craving for change.
• When we have fear, pain or suffering, worry etc. laughing can help relieve us.
• We must learn to know ourselves, both strengths and weakness, possibilities and limitations, so that we do only that which is achievable.
• Mind and body are like a factory where the medicine is produced.
• When we cling to impermanent things as permanent, we will suffer again and again
• You know, sometimes, there are a lot of dangers along our life path so we must learn to survive.
• There are various problems in life and there are also various solutions and suggestions. We have to be a wise selector.
• "Well-established mind” is mind that is set in wholesomeness.
• “The mind is not easy to control, it always falls under feelings, but when it is well-trained, it brings about happiness”.
• It is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.
• There are various problems in life and there are also various solutions and suggestions. We have to be a wise selector.
• The Buddha: “Pingiya, my ultimate dhamma concerns ‘carelessness’. If people are careful about living a life, which is not careless about time, age, and place, they will always be happy in this and the next life.”
• The Buddha: “Nanda, those, who are learned, have right understanding as a base, free themselves from a pile of defilements, deserve to be called ‘Enlightened ones’, they are not dependent on speech, listening or thinking.”
• The Buddha: “The teaching is to think wisely and act kindly, don’t be led by report and hearsay, investigate the truth. When you realise things as they really are, you can free yourself from suffering.”
• The Buddha: “Dhotaka, I cannot free anyone from doubt and suffering. All depends on you; learn to know your problem and free yourself from it.”
• The Buddha: “The root problem of mankind is craving for what they want, and, because of fear of loss and the uncertainty of life, they make sacrifices to divine beings.”
• The suitable thing to do is usually discovered by experience, it is not from prediction.
• Ignorance keeps the human world in darkness
• The Buddha: “We can solve these problems when we are fully mindful, and right wisdom can eradicate craving and attachment.”
• There is a wise Chinese saying: "The person who loves others will also be loved in return."
• Buddhism lays emphasises on wisdom. The Buddha always taught his disciples about wisdom and how to develop it.
• Listen to ourselves and others, see how our mind works, and then we can improve our life for the better.
• No light compares to the light of wisdom
• The sage said that life was like a small boat which sailed in the middle of the crazy ocean. To get the boat to the shore, a tiller was needed to control the direction, as life needs Dhamma for setting it for the right destination.
• ‘To put it down’ is the effective advice; forget it and forge ahead.
• We should take responsibility and focus on our own duty.
• Forgiveness is a wonderful thing to cultivate in the mind. It is a medicine to heal anger.
• Things happen according to cause and effect. If we look within, we will see things clearly and know why things happen in that way.
• The Buddha said, “The Dhamma I discovered is for the purification of doubt, delusion and ignorance.
• “The practice of Dhamma (meditation) depends on neither birth nor caste, but it depends on human effort.”
• Dhamma is like the sunshine which is shown to all parts of the world, without exception.
• Life, or things, is not too bad when we learn to see the good sides of things.
• All human beings have the ability to learn, more or less.
• We have to guide with loving kindness and compassion those who are suffering.
• The sage said that life was like a small boat which sailed in the middle of the crazy ocean. To get the boat to the shore, a tiller was needed to control the direction, as life needs Dhamma for setting it for the right destination.
• Dhamma is beautiful at the beginning, middle and end. It is beneficial to those who learn and put it into practice.
• There is no Dhamma package for sale, we ourselves have to learn and put it into practice.
• Neither thinking nor saying, just experiencing and observing things as they really are.
• Education is the process or system for developing mankind.
• Learn to know our own nature, and see what we should do first in life so do not waste life-time.
• When we have right understanding, right thought will take place.
• Don't grab what we hear, we just let go of things like the leaking bins which are never full.
• “Don’t add fuel to the problems; they will disappear at the end, as the fire which is without fuel, will go out”.
• When we do anything, we should do our best; strive to do better but without dwelling on it.
• Good teaching can be our basic principle in life, which leads us to happiness and success in life.
• Buddhism gives wisdom as something which can cut off suffering and attachment and leads all beings to real happiness.
• Wisdom does not bring harm to anyone. It just clears away all the darkness of ignorance, as the full moon clears away the darkness of the night.
• There are many times when we suffer from something unimportant in life, and forget that the most important thing in life is that if we live together, we should love each other and take a good care of each other.
• Good causes result in wisdom or right understanding which leads to doing good and then the good fruit will be gained.
• Evil causes in society result in ignorance which leads to doing evil and then the evil result will be expected.
• The Buddha said, “All beings have wisdom within, we just need to develop it and use it.”
• Life is more precious than material things, don't become their slave.
• If we don’t cause any trouble to anyone, our life and our community will be peaceful.
• Life is uncertain. No one can predict life’s events; it keeps changing all the time.
• Dhamma is not just made up; it consists of a lot of faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom.
• Living in the present moment means noting every thought and sensation which arises, without relating it to any previous event, or having any opinion about it.
• To be this or that causes pride and laziness, not the will to practise. In fact the Buddha taught the world ‘non self’, not to be, but to practise, because it is more meaningful.
• The Buddha’s teachings are straightforward and benefit the practitioners, they don’t benefit those who just say ‘I am a Buddhist’.
• The Buddha taught the world ‘non self’, not to be this or that, believe in this or that, but to practise as it means to apply the teachings of the Buddha in our life , because it is more meaningful.
• The key is to know ourselves and be aware of our boundaries. Once we know this, we can then do our best to live within our limits.
• One has to face the truth; seeing things as they really are revealed, not turning away from what you don’t like or turning to what you do like.
• Many types of meditations are written about and explained, don't die reading or listening, practise to develop yourself and help others.
• The mind is difficult to deal with; it needs good organisation and training to make it really efficient.
• Suffering and happiness appear at the beginning and disappear again at the end, together with their causes. So, we should not worry about things too much.
• The Buddha neither died nor disappeared. He is still here with those who learn and practise his teachings. He is in the practitioners' hearts.
• If we build up good causes, we will succeed in life. If we build up bad causes, then life is going to be suffering.
• All things are common things in life, we should consider and see them as they really are.
• The mind is the important part of a person that enables a person to think, feel emotions and be aware of things.
• The human destination is in every step of life.
• If we have to love something in this very world, we should love the truth, Dhamma. This love can help us improve life.
• When we can understand the truth of things, we will have fewer problems and have more success in life.
• “Wisdom does not bring harm to anyone. It just clears away all the darkness of ignorance, as the full moon clears away the darkness of the night.
• “Buddhism goes side by side with human beings; it lays emphasis on humanity”.
• Wisdom enables us to see things as they really are, as is said, “Seeing happiness as happiness, seeing suffering as suffering, seeing wholesome acts as wholesome acts and seeing unwholesome acts as unwholesome acts.”
• As with all dhamma, and as the Buddha himself advised, please do not take what is written here without investigating it for yourself. Practice and learn from the practice, in that way one can develop wisdom within oneself. Pay heed to your actions, and to what wisdom decrees, and peace will soon develop.
• It is not beyond human ability and it is worth studying the mind. Fully understanding the mind leads to the highest state of wisdom; come and see for yourselves.
• Do not associate with evil friends. Do not associate with wicked people. Associate with virtuous friends.
• To come to the understanding that happiness lies within is very important.
• Rather than expecting such from others, we should turn the attention back to ourselves.
• It is important to remind ourselves from time to time to be contented with what we have.
• If no one tells us that something is dangerous, we don't care, but if we are told of the danger, we begin to be worried.
• We are able to break any wall of the obstruction in life through having belief in ourselves.
• The pain of life is the same a salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life stays the same, but the amount we taste of it depends on the container we put it in. So when we find ourselves in pain, the thing to do is to just enlarge your sense of things..... Stop being a glass; become a lake!
• When the frame of attachment within our mind is broken completely, we will be emancipated from all attachment which causes suffering.
• If we have to believe in something, we should believe in our ability. We should not believe in the unproven.
• We must start to see the world with the eyes of equanimily, otherwise, we will never reach our aim of life, real happiness.
• If we allow the wall within our mind to grow and obstruct our progress, then we will end up walking back and forth without really getting to any where.
• We will be able to find peace and happiness, if we possess an honest virtue and be contented with what we have.
• Success is with us today, it is not in the future. What have you done today?
• It is easy to know our own feeling, we just observe or investigate life closely.
• To escape from the self-trap, he must reflect on who he really is and what is important in life.
• “Meditation is just about the mind and its feelings (objects).
• “Details are not known to fools, they are in a haste to believe in hearsay. The wise on the other hand will investigate with their own eyes and are not in any haste to believe without evidence”.
• Most of the time when we lack mindfulness, we go running straight for the desire.
• “Days and nights pass by, what is it that we are doing at the present moment?”
• It is only through insight can we truly escape from the pains of sorrow and suffering.
• When we engage in something that is beyond our ability, we inevitably put ourselves at risk.
• Be constantly aware so that you don’t stray away from the right path.
• Theoretical understanding is not enough, and that it is only through insight can we truly escape from the pains of sorrow and suffering.
• Knowledge can protect us from doing wrong and being cheated.
• The teachings of the Buddha pave the way to the points of peace, calmness, wisdom, emancipation or liberation.
• Understanding that suffering is a universal law enables one to face the realities of life with calmness of mind.
• When forgiveness is realised and non revenge is understood, loving kindness and compassion can grow.
• Loving-kindness and compassion are medicine to heal all the poisons of the mind; they can keep us away from the poison.
• The desires of greed, hatred and delusion, are regarded as a poison for human life. We have to be careful; otherwise we can poison ourselves at any time and at any moment.
• Happiness or pain is the result of our own actions (kamma).
• "The person who loves others will also be loved in return."
• It is said that good or bad kamma always follows the doer just as a shadow follows the body.
• The unexpected can happen at any given time. It is always wise to be prepared for all situations and to be wise to what may happen.
• Love without virtues such as trust, responsibility and forgiveness etc., will bring about dissatisfaction so love has to possess these virtues.
• A careless life can be a messy life. Life is like any journey, without good preparation one can get lost easily.
• Just carry out your duty as best as you can.
• The Buddha was not a divine being or the creator of all things. He was just a normal man who taught people to understand the truth of existence.
• “Behold monks, all things, both name and form, depend on each other as fire depends on fuel, without fuel, the fire is out”.
• We should react to all that which are within and around us with right understanding. Experience them for what they truly are without forming any opinion.
• Freedom is the true happiness. Let things be according to its nature. You may hold, but don’t grasp.
• Something useless should be made amends and something useful should be developed for the better.
• We can look back at what has happened in history so that we can act appropriately in the present. There is benefit to every tradition and there are lessons to be learnt from every act.
• If anyone still criticises the Dhamma, he is still clouded by doubt and ignorance.”
• The Buddha said, “The Dhamma I discovered is for the purification of doubt, delusion and ignorance. It is not for criticism.
• The purification of the mind is an internal process and we all have the potential to achieve it by means of either destruction or recycling.
• This life-journey is full of beautiful scenery. It is certain that on the path we may trip over some obstacles on the way, but that makes us stronger.
• Basically mankind has suffering which he has to encounter - do not turn away from it, learn from it.
• Don’t worry about the world, it can crumble on its own.
• "The more you desire, the more you attach; the more you attach, the more you become a slave” and on the contrary “the more you detach, the more you are free."
• Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve one's condition.
• It is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.
• If we have to believe in something, we should believe in wisdom so that it can help take us out of ignorance.
• “Not seeing things as they really are” is a contagious illness of mankind.
• Good or bad is all in the mind. If our mind is good, we will face good things. If we have positive thoughts, we will have good feelings and all the bad will eased away.
• Do our duty whole heartedly. When on duty bare in our mind that it is not our duty, but rather something that has to be done.
• It is ok to suffer in its moments, but let it end in the moment. Don’t prolong the feeling by reliving it twice.
• When we look back on our lives, we will see that we have surpassed many suffering. "As long as we are alive, there is no reason to panic"
• Good or bad is all in the mind. If our mind is good, we will face good things. If we have positive thoughts, we will have good feelings and all the bad will eased away.
• “You can be happy if you are contented with whatever you have and be patient with each other”
• Even the severest suffering will pass in the end.
• A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
• The Buddha said to judge only yourself, and not to others, no matter how good or evil they may be. The Buddha merely points out the way, saying, "The truth is like this." Now, is our mind like that or not?
• When you write something wrong, it can be erased. Wrong action cannot be erased by you or others on your behalf.
• Don’t do what you don’t want to do. Do what you want to do.
• Laugh when you want to laugh. Cry when you want to cry and every time after crying you must laugh.
• To give is to gain; this is the idea behind the act of 'giving' in Buddhism.
• He whose mind is unsteady, he who knows not the Good Teaching, he whose confidence wavers, the wisdom of such a person does not attain fullness.
• Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind. A controlled mind brings happiness.
• Give not yourselves to negligence; have to intimacy with sense pleasures. The man who meditates with diligence attains much happiness.
• Fools, men of little intelligence, give themselves over to negligence, but the wise man protects his diligence as a supreme treasure.
• By endeavour, diligence, discipline, and self-mastery, let the wise man make (of himself) an island that on flood can overwhelm.
• If you plant good causes, you will reap good effects.
• The fool do not appreciate generosity or the act of sharing, but the wise do, and it is the wise that will reap happiness in their lives
• It is very hard to get rid of craving, desire, clinging, attachment, but it is not beyond human ability.
• Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
• A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
• The first knows the names of a medicinal plant, and the second goes out to find it and uses it.
• 'As long as I have I have still not attained Supreme Enlightenment, I will not rise from this place, even if my blood dries up.' Do you want to try it yourself?
• A meditator should have a steady awareness within himself.
• Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
• Even if he slept near the Buddha, he wouldn't see the Buddha, if he didn't practice.
• Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
• When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
• When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
• Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one will not be overcome by death.
• Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one may escape from the results of evil deeds.
• Think not lightly of good, saying, "It will not come to me." Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
• Think not lightly of evil, saying, "It will not come to me." Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.
• It may be ill with the doer of good as long as the good ripens not. But when it does ripen, then the doer of good sees (the pleasant results of) his good deeds.
• It may be well with the evil-doer as long as the evil ripens not. But when it does ripen, then the evil-doer sees (the painful results of) his evil deeds.
• Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumlation of good.
• Hasten to do good: restrain your mind from evil. He who is slow in doing good, his mind delights in evil.
• Better it is to live one day seeing the Supreme Truth than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the Supreme Truth.
• Better it is to live one day seeing the deathless than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the deathless.
• Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
• Better it is to live one day strenuous and resolute than to live a hundred years sluggish and disspated.
• Better it is to live one day wise and meditative than to live a hundred years foolish and uncontrolled.
• Better it is to live one day virtuous and meditative than to live a hundred years immoral and uncontrolled.
• To one ever eager to revere and serve the elders, these four blessings accrue: long life and beauty, happiness and power.
• Through for a hundred years one should tend the sacrificial fire in the forest, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds that worship is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
• Through month after month for a hundred years one should offer sacrifices by the thousands, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds that honour is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
• Self-conquest is far better than the conquest of others. Not even a god, an angel, Mara or Brahma can turn into defeat the victory of such a person who is self-subdued and ever restrained in conduct.
• Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself.
• Better than reciting a thousand meaningless verses is the reciting of one verse of Dhamma, hearing which one attains peace.
• Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, hearing which one attains peace.
• That monk who while young devotes himself to the teaching of the Buddha illumines this world like the moon freed from clouds.
• Full of joy, full of faith in the teaching of the Buddha, the monk attains the peaceful state, the bliss of cessation of conditioned things.
• One is one's own protector, one is one's own refuge. Therefore, one should control oneself, even as the trader controls a noble steed.
• By oneself one must censure oneself and scrutinize oneself. The self-guarded and mindful monk will always live in happiness.
• The monk who is calm in body, calm in speech, calm in thought, well composed and who has spewn out worldiness - he truly, is called serene.
• Just as the jasmine creeper sheds its withered flowers, even so, O monks, should you totally shed lust and hatred!
• Control of the senses, contenment, restraint according to the code of monastic discipline - these form the basis of holy life here for the wise monk.
• Whenever he sees with insight the rise and fall of the aggregates, he is full of joy and happiness. To the discerning one this reflects the Deathless.
• The monk who has retired to a solitary abode and calmed his mind, who comprehends the Dhamma with insight, in him there arises a delight that transcends all human delights.
• There is no meditative concentration for him who lacks insight, and no insight for him who lacks meditative concentration. He in whom are found both meditative concentration and insight, indeed, is close to Nibbana.
• Meditate, O monk! Do not be heedless. Let not your mind whirl on sensual pleasures. Heedless, do not swallow a red hot iron ball, lest you cry when burning, "O this is painful!"
• Cut off the five, abandon the five, and cultivate the five. The monk who has overcome the five bonds is called one who has crossed the flood.
• Monk, empty this body, it will sail lightly. Rid of lust and hatred, you shall reach Nibbana.
• The monk who abides in universal love and is deeply devoted to learning and practising Dhamma can develop himself and help the others.
• He who has no attachment whatsoever for the mind and body, who does not grieve for what he has not - he is truly called a monk.
• He who wholly subdues evil both small and great is called a monk, because he has overcome all evil.
• Those who restrain their feelings they are diligent, patient and moderate in eating, they are not overwhelmed by any desire, like a mountain is not disturbed by the wind.
• All things are not self - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.
• We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.
• Don't try to teach a pig to sing, It wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
• He who seeks anothers's faults, who is ever censorious - his cankers grow. He is far from destruction of the cankers.
• If it isn't good, let it die. If it does not die, make it good.
• No one and nothing can free you but your own understanding.
• The greatest power to complete every thing is love.
• The most dangerous weapon we should beware of is malicious speech.
• When we give to the needy we will gain the most happiness.
• The job that will make us most contented is to help others.
• The most beautiful ornament in our body is our smile.
• The Dhamma is similar to a raft, being for the purpose of crossing over, not for the purpose of grasping'.
• Let the wise man guard his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, very artful, and they rush wherever they wish: thoughts well guarded bring happiness.
• It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it wishes; a tamed mind brings happiness.
• Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely.
• The fool does not appreciate the act of generosity, but the wise does, and they will have happiness in the future.
• The lack of wisdom meant that when a piece of information was given to a person, he was unable to process it and therefore, misinterpreted it altogether.
• Truth is silent; it's views and opinions that make all the noise.
• A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them.
• There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day.
• Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change.
• "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbour such thoughts still their hatred.
• "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who harbour such thoughts do not still their hatred.
• There is no fire like lust;; there is on grip like hatred; there is no net river like craving.
• Think not lightly of good, saying, "It will not come to me." Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
• think not lightly of evil, saying, "It will not come to me." Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.
• One is not wise because one speaks much. He who is peaceable, friendly and fearless is called wise.
• The sun shines by day, the moon shines by night. The warrior shines in armour, the holy man shines shines in meditation. But the Buddha shines resplendent in day and all night.
• Life is all about choices, When we cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. We ourselves choose how we react to situations. We choose how people affect our mood. We choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's our choice how we live our life.
• A madman and an enlightened one both smile, but the enlightened one knows why while the madman doesn't.
• We don't meditates to sea heaven, but to end suffering
• Merely thinking about practace is like pouncing on the shadow and missing the substance.
• Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this - just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
• We are always dissatisfied. In a sweet fruit, we miss the sour; in a sour fruit, we miss the sweet.
• If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.
• When suffering arises, understand that there is no one to accept it. If you think suffering is yours, happiness is yours, you will not be able to find peace.
• If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
• Hunger is the worst disease, conditioned things the worst suffering. Knowing this as it really is, the wise realize Nibbana, the hightest bliss.
• All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
• Don't just go and believe in the teacher because he says a fruit is sweet and delecious. Taste it for yourself and then all the doubting will be over.
• Anyone can build a house of wood and bricks, but the Buddha taught us that sort of home is not our real home. It's a home in the world and it follows the ways of the world. Our real home is inner peace.
• If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.
• Remember you don't meditate to "get" anything, but to get "rid" of things. We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you "want" anything, you won't find it.
• The heart of the path is quite easy. There's no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That's all that I do in my own practice.
• Good it is to see the Noble ones; to live with them is ever blissful. One will always be happy by not encountering fools.
• Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word (verse), hearing which one attains peace.
• He whose cankers are destroyed and who is not attached to food, whose object is the Void, the Unconditioned Freedom - his path cannot be traced, like that of birds in the air.
• He who is friendly amidst the hostile, peaceful amidst the violent, and unattached amidst hte attached - him do I call a holy man.
• He who has renounced violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, whon neither kills nor causes others to kill - him do I call a holy man.
• "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me, " Those who harbour such thoughts do not still their hatred.
• "All things are not-self" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.
• One who destroys life, utters lies, takes what is not given, goes to anther man's life, and is addicted to intoxicating drinks - such a man digs up his own root even in this very would.
• Do not associate with evil companions; do not seek the fellowship of the vile. Associate with good friends; seek the fellowship of noble men.
• If the body could talk, it would be telling us all day long, "You're not my owner, you know." Actually it's telling it to us all the time, but it's Dhamma language, so we're unable to understand it.
• Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
• Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts, suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
• Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely.
• Life will give you back everything you have given to it.
• Your life is not a coincidence. It's a reflection of you!
• We don't become monks or nuns to eat well, sleep well, and be very comfortable, but to know suffering: - how to accept it ... - how to get rid of it ... - how not cause it. So don't do that which causes suffering, like indulging in greed, or it will never leave you.
• "Only one book is worth reading: is the heart."
• You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.