Siddhartha Gautama Quotes

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Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.
Gautama Buddha
...for you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force." Vesadeva to Siddartha
Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)
All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?
Gautama Buddha (The Dhammapada)
In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
Gautama Buddha
All that we are is a result of what we have thought.
Gautama Buddha
The world is on fire! And are you laughing? You are deep in the dark. Will you not ask for light? For behold your body— A painted puppet, a toy, Jointed and sick and full of false imaginings, A shadow that shifts and fades. How frail it is! Frail and pestilent, It sickens, festers and dies. Like every living thing In the end it sickens and dies. Behold these whitened bones, The hollow shells and husks of a dying summer. And are you laughing?
Gautama Buddha (The Dhammapada)
The mind is everything, What you think, you become.
Siddhartha Gautama
Whereas Buddhists believe that the law of nature was discovered by Siddhartha Gautama, Communists believed that the law of nature was discovered by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The similarity does not end there. Like other religions, Communism too has its holy scripts and prophetic books, such as Marx’s Das Kapital, which foretold that history would soon end with the inevitable victory of the proletariat.
Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind)
But in philosophy, he was closer to his contemporary Siddhartha Gautama Buddha (c. 560 – 480 B.C.). Both believed in reincarnation, possibly as an animal, so even an animal could be inhabited by what was once a human soul. Thus, both placed a high value on all life, opposing the common practice of animal sacrifice and preaching strict vegetarianism.
Leonard Mlodinow (Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace (Penguin Press Science))
Tag für Tag, Monat für Monat verstreicht so, und das Dasein vergeht ungenutzt, weil wir es nicht verstanden.
Yoshida Kenkō
The problem is you think you have time.
Siddhartha Gautama
Siddhartha Gautama—the historical Buddha—has been called the earliest significant nontheist. As happens in every major spiritual movement, Buddha’s followers quickly heaped layers of superstition on top of what had been perfectly naturalistic teachings. But many modern expressions of Buddhism are utterly nontheistic. If, upon learning a bit about Buddhist philosophy you find it attractive, look into your local Buddhist communities. You’ll find many ways to be Buddhist without gods.
Dale McGowan (Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion)
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.
Siddhartha Gautama
The Buddha has robbed me, thought Siddhartha, he has robbed me and yet given me even more. He has robbed me of my friend, he who believed in me and who now believes in him. He who was my shadow and who is now Gautama’s shadow. But he has given me Siddhartha, he has given me myself.
Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)
Every living thing is sacred to me. Compassion and love can heal this world, which is set on fire of violence and hatred. I will teach the world about compassion, and end the suffering by halting these floods of sorrow. Said Prince Siddhartha and began his journey of saving the man kind.” ,
Ama H. Vanniarachchy (The Kind Prince)
And it has stayed there, calmly in its spot, growing slowly, producing leaves, losing leaves, producing more, as those mammoths became extinct, as Homer wrote The Odyssey, as Cleopatra reigned, as Jesus was nailed to a cross, as Siddhartha Gautama left his palace to weep for his suffering subjects, as the Roman Empire declined and fell, as Carthage was captured, as water buffalo were domesticated in China, as the Incas built cities, as I leaned over the well with Rose, as America fought with itself, as world wars happened, as Facebook was invented, as millions of humans and other animals lived and fought and procreated and went, bewildered, to their fast graves, the tree had always been the tree. That was the familiar lesson of time.
Matt Haig (How to Stop Time)
The central figure of Buddhism is not a god but a human being, Siddhartha Gautama. According to Buddhist tradition, Gautama was heir to a small Himalayan kingdom, sometime around 500 BC. The young prince was deeply affected by the suffering evident all around him. He saw that men and women, children and old people, all suffer not just from occasional calamities such as war and plague, but also from anxiety, frustration and discontent, all of which seem to be an inseparable part of the human condition. People pursue wealth and power, acquire knowledge and possessions, beget sons and daughters, and build houses and palaces. Yet no matter what they achieve, they are never content. Those who live in poverty dream of riches. Those who have a million want two million. Those who have two million want 10 million. Even the rich and famous are rarely satisfied. They too are haunted by ceaseless cares and worries, until sickness, old age and death put a bitter end to them. Everything that one has accumulated vanishes like smoke. Life is a pointless rat race. But how to escape it? At the age of twenty-nine Gautama slipped away from his palace in the middle of the night, leaving behind his family and possessions. He travelled as a homeless vagabond throughout northern India, searching for a way out of suffering. He visited ashrams and sat at the feet of gurus but nothing liberated him entirely – some dissatisfaction always remained. He did not despair. He resolved to investigate suffering on his own until he found a method for complete liberation. He spent six years meditating on the essence, causes and cures for human anguish. In the end he came to the realisation that suffering is not caused by ill fortune, by social injustice, or by divine whims. Rather, suffering is caused by the behaviour patterns of one’s own mind. Gautama’s insight was that no matter what the mind experiences, it usually reacts with craving, and craving always involves dissatisfaction. When the mind experiences something distasteful it craves to be rid of the irritation. When the mind experiences something pleasant, it craves that the pleasure will remain and will intensify. Therefore, the mind is always dissatisfied and restless. This is very clear when we experience unpleasant things, such as pain. As long as the pain continues, we are dissatisfied and do all we can to avoid it. Yet even when we experience pleasant things we are never content. We either fear that the pleasure might disappear, or we hope that it will intensify. People dream for years about finding love but are rarely satisfied when they find it. Some become anxious that their partner will leave; others feel that they have settled cheaply, and could have found someone better. And we all know people who manage to do both.
Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind)
-- Não brinco, não. Digo apenas o que percebi. Os conhecimentos podem ser transmitidos, mas nunca a sabedoria. Podemos achá-la; podemos vivê-la; podemos consentir em que ela nos norteie; podemos fazer milagres através dela. Mas não nos é dado pronunciá-la e ensiná-la. (...) Uma percepção me veio, ó Govinda, que talvez te afigure novamente como uma brincadeira ou uma bobagem. Reza ela: "O oposto de cada verdade é igualmente verdade". Isso significa: uma verdade só poderá ser comunicada e formulada por meio de palavras, quando for unilateral. Ora, unilateral é tudo quanto possamos apanhar pelo pensamento e exprimir pela palavra. Tudo aquilo é apenas um lado das coisas, não passa de parte, carece de totalidade, está incompleto, não tem unidade. Sempre que o augusto Gautama nas suas aulas nos falava do mundo, era preciso que o subdividisse em Sansara e Nirvana, em ilusão e verdade, em sofrimento e redenção. Não se pode proceder de outra forma. Não há outro caminho para quem quiser ensinar. Mas o próprio mundo, o ser que nos rodeia e existe no nosso íntimo, não é nunca unilateral. Nenhuma criatura humana, nenhuma ação é inteiramente Sansara nem inteiramente Nirvana. Homem algum é totalmente santo ou totalmente pecador. Uma vez que facilmente nos equivocamos, temos a impressão de que o tempo seja algo real. Não, Govinda, o tempo não é real, como verifiquei em muitas ocasiões. E se o tempo não é real, não passa tampouco de ilusão aquele lapso que nos parece estender-se entre o mundo e a eternidade, entre o tormento e a bem-aventurança, entre o Bem e o Mal.
Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)
— Nie, to nie żarty. Opowiadam ci tylko, do czego doszedłem. Można przekazywać wiedzę, ale nie mądrość. Mądrość można znaleźć, można nią żyć, można się na niej wspierać, można dzięki niej czynić cuda, ale wypowiedzieć jej i nauczać nie sposób. Domyślałem się tego już jako chłopak i to właśnie odsunęło mnie od nauczycieli. Dokonałem pewnego odkrycia, Gowindo, które ty znowu uznasz za żart albo za błazeństwo, ale to najbardziej cenna z moich myśli. Oto przeciwieństwo każdej prawdy jest równie prawdziwe! Prawdę można przecież wypowiedzieć i ubrać w słowa tylko wtedy, gdy jest to prawda jednostronna. Wszystko, co ma postać myśli i daje się wyrazić słowami, jest jednostronne, jest połowiczne, brakuje mu całości, dopełnienia, jedności. Gdy wzniosły Gautama nauczał o świecie, musiał go podzielić na sansarę i nirwanę, na złudzenie i prawdę, na ból i wyzwolenie. Inaczej się nie da, kto chce nauczać, nie ma przed sobą innej drogi. Ale sam świat, to, co jest wokół nas i w nas w środku nigdy nie jest jednostronne. Żaden człowiek ani żaden uczynek nie należy całkowicie do sansary ani do nirwany, żaden człowiek nie jest do końca grzeszny ani święty. Tak się wydaje, owszem, ponieważ ulegamy złudzeniu, iż czas jest czymś rzeczywistym. Czas nie jest czymś rzeczywistym. A jeśli czas nie jest rzeczywisty, to i ta odległość, jaka zdaje się dzielić świat od wieczności, cierpienie od szczęścia, zło od dobra, jest tylko złudzeniem. — Jakże to? — spytał niespokojnie Gowinda. — Posłuchaj mnie, mój miły, słuchaj mnie dobrze! Grzesznik, taki jak ja i taki jak ty, jest grzesznikiem, ale kiedyś znowu złączy się z brahmanem, osiągnie kiedyś nirwanę, będzie buddą i teraz zobacz: to “kiedyś" jest złudzeniem, jest tylko przenośnią! Naprawdę bowiem nie jest tak, że grzesznik przebywa jakąś drogę, by stać się buddą, nie staje się nim w trakcie rozwoju, choć nasz umysł nie potrafi sobie tego inaczej wyobrazić. Nie, w grzeszniku jest już teraz dzisiaj przyszły buddą, cała jego przyszłość już w nim jest zawarta i w tym grzeszniku, w sobie samym, w każdym człowieku należy wielbić przyszłego, możliwego, ukrytego buddę. Świat, przyjacielu, nie jest doskonały ani też nie zbliża się powoli do doskonałości, nie: jest doskonały w każdej chwili, wszelki grzech zawiera w sobie już łaskę, każde dziecko nosi w sobie starca, każdy noworodek śmierć, każdy umierający wieczne życie. Nikomu z ludzi nie jest dane ocenić, jak daleko inny zaszedł na swej drodze, w zbóju i hulace czeka już budda, w braminie czeka zbój. Głęboka medytacja pozwala ci znieść czas, widzieć naraz wszelkie życie niegdysiejsze, obecne i przyszłe, i wtedy wszystko jest doskonałe, wszystko jest brahmanem. Dlatego wszystko, co jest, zdaje mi się dobre, śmierć na równi z życiem, grzech na równi ze świętością, roztropność na równi z głupotą, wszystko musi być takie, jakie jest, potrzeba tylko mojej zgody, mojej dobrej woli, mojego przyzwolenia, a wszystko jest dla mnie dobre, może mnie tylko wesprzeć, nie może mi szkodzić. Na własnym ciele i duszy doświadczyłem, że potrzeba mi było grzechów, potrzebna mi była rozpusta, chciwość, próżność i najstraszniejsze zwątpienie, aby nauczyć się uległości, aby pokochać świat, aby nie porównywać go z jakimś przez siebie wymarzonym, wyobrażonym światem, z wymyślonym jakimś rodzajem doskonałości, tylko zostawić go takim, jakim jest, i kochać go i cieszyć się, że do niego należę. Takie między innymi są moje odkrycia, Gowindo.
Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)
Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe” - Siddhartha Gautama
John Baskin (Buddhism: 50 Buddhist Teachings for Happiness, Spiritual Healing and Enlightenment)
Young prince Siddhartha was glorious as the sun, soft and pure as the moon, radiant as thousand glowing stars. He was tall and slender with a golden complexion. His eyes were like deep blue sapphires always shining with intelligence and compassion. Always with a tender smile on his face that would calm any heart and with dark curled up hair, young prince Siddhartha was unmatched to anyone.
Ama H. Vanniarachchy (The Kind Prince)
A man asked Gautama Buddha, "I want happiness." Buddha said, "First remove "I," that's Ego, then remove "want," that's Desire. See now you are left with only "Happiness.” - Siddhartha Gautama
John Baskin (Buddhism: 50 Buddhist Teachings for Happiness, Spiritual Healing and Enlightenment)
His name will be Bodhi, the tree under which Siddhartha Gautama was sitting when he achieved enlightenment and became the Buddha.
Michael Schofield (January First)
Siddhartha Gautama said that “life has dissatisfaction” (dukkha). He didn’t say that “life is suffering and nothing but suffering”—only that we all suffer in larger or smaller ways.
Doug Kraft (Buddha's Map)
Buddhism began with a man who went by the name Siddhartha Gautama.
Enthralling History (Ancient Japan: An Enthralling Overview of Ancient Japanese History, Starting from the Jomon Period to the Heian Period (Asia))
During his travels, Siddhartha Gautama encountered the first of the Four Signs
Enthralling History (Ancient Japan: An Enthralling Overview of Ancient Japanese History, Starting from the Jomon Period to the Heian Period (Asia))
Siddhartha Gautama devoted himself to extreme deprivation, believing that he could finally achieve enlightenment
Enthralling History (Ancient Japan: An Enthralling Overview of Ancient Japanese History, Starting from the Jomon Period to the Heian Period (Asia))
Siddhartha Gautama went to see the king and informed him of his wish to travel and see the world.
Enthralling History (Ancient Japan: An Enthralling Overview of Ancient Japanese History, Starting from the Jomon Period to the Heian Period (Asia))
Siddhartha Gautama began his own quest to search for ways to end suffering.
Enthralling History (Ancient Japan: An Enthralling Overview of Ancient Japanese History, Starting from the Jomon Period to the Heian Period (Asia))
Gautama Buddha, whose original name was Prince Siddhartha, was the founder of Buddhism, one of the \:vorld's great religions.
Michael H Hart (The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History)
Why there is so much violence and suffering in the world? This question burns in the hearts of all kind and peace loving people. But most people satisfy themselves with the readymade answers given by opinion makers, social activists, Karma theorists and so on. Prince Siddhartha Gautama went deeper to find answers and found the absolute truth.
Shunya
Famous ascetics include the Jainist reformer Mahavira, Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha), John the Baptist, Francis of Assisi, Gandhi, and Tolstoy (in his later years). Few modern Western philosophers have taught or practiced serious asceticism, but quite a few have exhibited decidedly ascetic tendencies, among them Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein.
Emrys Westacott (The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less Is More - More or Less)
Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal,
Noah Rasheta (No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings)
Buddha is a title that was given to a man named Siddhartha Gautama.
Noah Rasheta (No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings)
Buddhism was personified in Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha,
Captivating History (History of Japan: A Captivating Guide to Japanese History.)
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find anything that agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Siddhartha Gautama
Wonderful, indeed, it is to subdue the mind, so difficult to subdue, ever swift, and seizing whatever it desires. A tamed mind brings happiness'.
Siddhartha Gautama
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. —Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
Tal Ben-Shahar (Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness)
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha realized, balance is the key to enlightenment.
Lee Vickers (Bodies of Light)
Our culture is also built on something no bacterium or chimp can conceive. It’s built on an ancestor worship that keeps our ancient trail of insights alive for hundreds of generations and passes them down the line. We worship ancestors more than we know. In science, we invoke their names to validate our scientific claims. We refer to Plato, Aristotle, Newton, Darwin, and Einstein. [...] In political life, we invoke our founding fathers [...]. Islam invokes the memory of Mohammed and has produced tens of thousands of pages recording nearly every moment of his life. Buddhism is built on the memory of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. And antiglobalism and anticapitalism keep alive the spirit of the French Revolution, Karl Marx, and Michele Foucault. The result is a layer-upon-layer crepe-cake of thought-tools that accumulates the way that bacterial stromatolites rise from the bottom of the sea and reach for the sky. But this multilayered monument exists in imagination and achievement. It exists as a product of human minds.
Steven J. Dick (Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context)
Siddhartha Gautama who decided to give up all his possessions and search for the meaning of life.
Prince Daniels (Mindfulness for the Ultimate Athlete: Mastering the Balance Between Power and Peace)
Jesus recognized that God within him and became Christ - so did Siddhartha Gautama and became Buddha - so did I - and so can you.
Abhijit Naskar (Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker)
This is how to contemplate our conditioned existence in this fleeting world: Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream; like a flash of lightning in a summer cloud, or a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom, or a dream. This is to be done by one skilled in aims who wants to break through to the state of peace: Be capable, upright, & straightforward, easy to instruct, gentle, & not conceited, content & easy to support, with few duties, living lightly, with peaceful faculties, masterful, modest, & no greed for supporters. Do not do the slightest thing that the wise would later censure. Sutta Nipāta 1.143, 1.144, 1.145
Siddhartha Gautama
Buda, porque ese es un título que significa "el que está despierto" o el "iluminado". El nombre que le dieron al nacer fue Siddhartha Gautama. En sánscrito, "Siddhartha" significa "alguien que ha logrado un objetivo", mientras que "Gautama" significa "alguien que disipa la oscuridad con luz brillante".
Tai Morello (Budismo para Principiantes: Una Guía Práctica para la Iluminación Espiritual)