What are your favourite Buddhist quotes?

[Jeremy Bong]

Despite being rich, if miserly, such a person is as a beggar with a Pearl.

Despite sitting on a mountain of gold, if heartless, such a person is as a pauper with treasure.

Master Hsing Yun.

尽管家财万贯，却悭吝不舍这是怀珠作丐

尽管坐拥金山，却为富不仁这是藏宝穷人

星云大师.



For those who are genuinely clever don't see with eyes.
For those who can see with eyes can't see all the truth.

JB.

智者非必用眼才能看到亊买
用眼去看世亊者未必能看清诸亊

JB.

[naturesflow]

"We should do good for the sake of goodness, not in order to become a 'good person'. If we are a 'good person' then we will suffer. Just be a human being. Otherwise we will always be annoyed by those who are not 'good people'. The Buddha taught non-attachment, we should not even be attached to goodness because it leads to suffering."

~ Ajahn Chah

[Samana]

There are a lot of fake Buddha quotes on the internet, especially on social media sites, so its always a good idea to look at the list on this "Fake Buddha Quotes" website:

http://fakebuddhaquotes.com/all-fake-buddha-quotes/


Best wishes,

Sam

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[RyanWind]

Originally Posted by naturesflow

~ Ajahn Chah

Oh you like Ajahn Chah, he is very Zen.

Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.
Ajahn Chah

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.
Ajahn Chah

Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
Ajahn Chah

Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
Ajahn Chah

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.
Ajahn Chah

[woodmeister]

Originally Posted by Jared.L

I just wanted to gather the Buddhist wisdom in one place.

I wouldn't mind seeing it when you get it done.

[woodmeister]

Gandhi, "What I will do will be inconsequential....however it is important that I do it."

[woodmeister]

Originally Posted by Tirisilex

My Favorite is:

Do not believe these things simply because I the Buddha say them. Test these things and prove it to yourselves that they are true.

Ditto this quote.

[RyanWind]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

"Ah, a strawberry!"

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Nice :) One of the best.

I put her down at the river...

[woodmeister]

Please no one get angry but "fart fart" is one of my favorites, as working on my enlightenment has lead to situations where I feel like the younger man in this story, that I'm basically up one moment and down the next. Whenever I feel like getting very angry, I remember that story.

Hmmm, I wonder if he was bipolar.