Category Buddha Vacana

“The enlightened person serves as a guide to the blind, showing them the right path. He gives the deaf signals by hand gestures, and in that way benefits them with good. He does the same with the dumb. To cripples…

“Conquer anger with love, Evil with good, Meanness with generosity, And lies with truth.” -Dhammapada 223

“There are these gross impurities of gold: dust, sand, gravel and grit. The dirt washer or his apprentice heaps the gold into a trough and washes it up, washes it down and runs the dirt out. When this process is…

“In what way could one Say: “The recluse Gotama is an annihilationist, he teaches the doctrine of annihilation,’ and be speaking correctly? I teach the annihilation of greed, hatred and delusion. I proclaim the annihilation of evil unskilled states. It…

“If, with full comprehension, the good Gotama teaches Dhamma to his disciples for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and despair, for the ending of grief and dejection, for reaching the method, for the attaining of Nirvana,…

“Giving up worldly desires, one dwells with a mind free from worldly desires and purified. Giving up ill-will and hatred, one dwells with a mind filled with compassion and love for the welfare of all beings, and purifies the mind…

“In due time Kisa Gotami became pregnant, and after ten lunar months gave birth to a son. But the child died as soon as he was able to walk. Kisa Gotami had not known death before, and when they came…

“Mahanama the Sakyan came to see the Lord, and said: “This town of Kapilavatthu is rich, prosperous, popular, crowded with men, thickly populated with people. Now, when I enter the city in the evening after waiting on the Lord or…

“What people expect to happen is often different from what actually happens. Thus does disappointment arise. This is the way the world works.” – Sutta Nipata 588

“The noble quality of love should be thought about thus: “One concerned only with his own welfare, without concern for the welfare of others, cannot achieve success in this world or happiness in the next. How then can one wishing…