#buddha

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#buddhism #dhammapada #life

Bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya: For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#buddhism #compassion #greater-good #love #tolerance

Plantie is a very strong Protestant, that is to say, he's against all churches, especially the Protestant: and he thinks a lot of Buddha, Karma and Confucius. He is also a bit of an anarchist and three or four years ago he took up Einstein and vitamins. ↗

— Joyce Cary

#anarchists #buddha #church #churches #confucius

Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#buddhism #tipitaka #english

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#awareness #brings #buddha #end #go

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#buddha #finds #fortune #freedom #good

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#else #long #look #mind #never

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#awareness #body #buddha #either #evil

But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#deluded #keep #mind #outside #own

[C]ontinence is a very important part of yoga. If a handful of people come forward with strong wills, nothing is impossible. One Buddha changed half the globe; one Jesus, three quarters of the world. We all have that capacity. (140) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#change-the-world #continence #jesus #change