Classic Buddhist quotations on life (85 selected sentences)

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Classic Quotations from Buddha to Enlighten Life Chapter 1

1. Look at all living beings with kind eyes, and the blessings will gather in the sea.

2. The greatest merit is to save the troubled souls of all living beings, so that they can escape suffering and gain happiness.

3. These are all sentient beings who have the same body as me. We should have compassion and pity for those who are dim. He is good at persuading people to release animals and abstain from killing them; not eating their flesh is said to love animals.

4. The Buddha has attained the Samadhi of Compassion, so he can subdue all sentient beings.

5. If you look at all sentient beings with a Bodhisattva mind, you yourself are a Bodhisattva. If you look at sentient beings with a troubled mind, you yourself are sentient beings.

6. Living beings regard troubles as bodhi, and bodhisattvas regard troubles as bodhi.

7. A wise mind has nothing to do with me. Have great aspirations and practice good deeds extensively. Great compassion saves all sentient beings from suffering.

8. Arouse the Mahayana intention and help everything. I am willing to endure immeasurable suffering on behalf of all sentient beings, so that all sentient beings can finally achieve great happiness.

9. Use the Tathagata’s heart to absorb the Dharma in life, and cultivate yourself, learn the fearless spirit of Bodhisattva, and hope that one day in the future, with positive actions, you can save all sentient beings in the world and practice the great compassion of Buddhism. .

10. The Bodhisattva Way is a practice method that goes toward social groups and takes all living beings as the fundamental practice.

11. I want to fly higher.

12. Now I just want to be down-to-earth and do everything at hand happily.

13. I can accept failure, but I cannot accept giving up. Fighting against the sky is endless fun.

14. The reason why a great man is great is that when he and others are in adversity, others gain confidence, but he is determined to achieve his goals.

15. The heights that great men reach and connect to are not reached by flying, but by climbing up step by step while their companions are asleep.

16. When you feel sad and miserable, it is best to learn something. Learning will make you permanently invincible.

17. There is no eternal spring, but there is eternal spring; there is no eternal lingering, but there is eternal longing; there is no eternal success, but there is eternal pursuit; there is no eternal youth, but there is forever youth.

18. Don’t be pessimistic and think that you are very unfortunate. In fact, there are many people who are more unlucky than you. Don’t be optimistic and think that you are great. In fact, you are just a drop in the ocean.

19. Wealth is a deposit that you cannot take away; honor is a light that you cannot keep; success is a fruit that you cannot taste in all seasons; life is a process , you can't let it stop.

20. When you are used to living a kind of life, then your life will only last one day; if you live a new life, then you will live a wonderful life every day.

21. Touching often happens in a moment: a look may make you remember for a lifetime; a donation may make you touched for a lifetime; a blessing may make you warm for a lifetime; a little tolerance may make you grateful for a lifetime.

22. If you appreciate yourself too much, you will not be able to discover the strengths of others; if you appreciate the strengths of others too much, you will not be able to see your own strengths.

23. What is healthy is beautiful, what is suitable is the best, what is always new is charming, what is ordinary is great, what is tough is long-lasting, what is true is Eternal.

24. Everyone has life, but not everyone can understand life; everyone has a mind, but not everyone can make good use of it. Only those who love life and are good at using their brains can truly possess life.

25. Although the dream is illusory, it is your dream; although your position is humble, it is your position; although your house is simple, it is your home; although your ambition is small, it is your pursuit.

26. You can forget failure, but not the lessons; you can forget yesterday, but not history; you can forget suffering, but not hardship; you can forget scars, but not shame.

27. Look carefully at the people around you. There are always some people who are walking forward firmly. They have become sparkling existences. I always feel that they are like gods in this world. , but they don’t know how much effort they put in to get the life they want.

28. As long as you don’t tie yourself in the cage of your soul, no one can restrain you from flying high.

29. People always get less lessons from flatness and more from hardships; the lessons from flatness are shallow, but the lessons from hardships are deep.

30. If you don’t persist, you will give up wherever you go. If you don't persevere at this moment, no matter where you go, there will always be a step back, but taking a step back will not open up the world, it will just hide in your own world, and that world will only get smaller and smaller.

31. Compassion is a kind of "great love" that sublimates feelings and turns them into all living beings. It is not a private love. It is an equal love, not a selective love. It is also a kind of only love. Love that knows how to give without asking for anything in return is a kind of pure love without lust.

32. It is true to contribute what you have learned and do your best to benefit all sentient beings, because what a person can leave to others is everything he has given.

33. The object of compassion is not only for people, but also for other sentient beings, and even for all heartless sentient beings.

34. If you hear suffering and sadness, you must visualize: If you hear the sound of suffering, you should wish all living beings to be free from suffering and find happiness, and their karma will be eliminated; if you see a sick person, you should wish all living beings to be free from suffering and find happiness, and their karma will be eliminated. Eliminate; if you see unexpected death or the dead person, you should wish all living beings to be free from suffering and achieve happiness, and have their karmic obstacles eliminated.

35. No Buddha can be compassionate, and no sentient being can be compassionate.

36. Being greedy and breaking the precept is a minor crime. If one violates the precepts with anger, the crime is very serious. Why? Because of greed, he violates the precepts and still harms all sentient beings. Because of anger, one violates the precepts and abandons all sentient beings.

37. If there are sentient beings in the past who have destroyed the Dharma, or have slandered the saints, or have obstructed the Dharma, or have copied the Dharma, or have destroyed other Dharma, or have hidden other Dharma, Due to this karma, I now receive blind rewards.

38. If a person does not feel suffering, it is not easy to sympathize with others. If you want to learn the spirit of helping those in need, you must first suffer.

39. Just live your own life and don’t mind other people’s distortions and right and wrong.

40. If you are planning to get married, let me tell you a very important philosophical saying: "You must be patient and tolerant of each other's shortcomings. There is no absolutely happy marriage in the world. Happiness only comes from infinite tolerance and tolerance." Respect each other. ”

41. If you can spend the day peacefully, it is a blessing. How many people today will not be able to see the sun tomorrow, how many people are disabled today, how many people have lost their freedom today, and how many people have their families broken up today.

42. Right and wrong, gains and losses, cannot be judged until the final result.

43. You don’t have to argue with cause and effect, cause and effect will never mislead you. You don't have to argue with fate, fate is the fairest judge.

44. You have your outlook on life, I have mine, and I won’t interfere with you. As long as I can, I will influence you. If not, then I'll accept my fate.

45. If you want to control eternity, you must control the present.

46. Bad words should never come from our mouths, no matter how bad or evil they are. The more you scold him, the more your heart will be polluted. If you think of him, he is your good teacher.

47. When you start your life tomorrow and someone quarrels with you, you let him win. This winning and losing are just concepts in words. When you let the other side win, you lose nothing. The so-called win, what did he win? What did he gain? The so-called loss, what did you lose? What did you lose?

48. Most of our lives are wasted on the elusiveness of words and language.

49. Don’t always feel that you are wronged. You should think that he is already very good to me. This is the skill of cultivation.

50. Others can violate cause and effect, others can harm us, beat us, and slander us. But we cannot hate others because of this, why? We must maintain a complete nature and a pure heart. Classic Buddhist Quotations to Enlighten Life Part 2

1. There is no drop of water in the Yellow River - what is the main purpose of Buddhism? Answer: There is not a drop of water in the Yellow River, and the entire Huashan Mountain sinks.

2. Not knowing the scale stars - what is the main purpose of Buddhism? Answer: A man who has been selling charcoal for ten years does not recognize the engraved stars on the scale beam.

3. The most painful thing is not knowing the big things - what is the most painful thing in the world? Hell? wrong. Wearing this monk's robe and not understanding important things is the most painful thing.

4. Three bowls of tea behind the plate - what is the family tradition of a monk? The teacher said: "Three bowls of tea behind the plate."

5. What else can I say - besides the bright day and dark night, what else can be said? Take care of yourself!

6. Three treasures: wheat and beans. ――What is the Three Treasures? The teacher said: "Grain, wheat, and beans." (Together)

7. Do you understand? Fat, pungent and sweet is not the true taste, the true taste is just bland; magical and outstanding is not the saint, the saint is just ordinary.

8. After enlightenment, there is no distinction between me and him.

9. In life, only by taking stillness in movement, taking movement in stillness, and maintaining appropriate movement and stillness can the real interest be preserved.

10. Heaven and earth can accommodate everything in humans, but why can’t humans accommodate everything in heaven and earth?

11. Whatever is supposed to come will come, and whatever is supposed to go will eventually go. As a human being, you should pay attention to things when they come, and let go of things when they go.

Many things in life cannot be solved with age!

12. A drunken laugh is not real happiness; the harvest gained through hard work is real happiness.

13. Look with your heart and listen with your heart, and you will find that there are wordless books and stringless piano sounds everywhere in the world.

14. Those who do not know a word but have poetic taste are truly interesting poets. A verse that is not elegant but has a Zen flavor can be said to be sincere and spiritual after understanding the mysteries of Zen teaching.

15. The ontology of the universe is "nothing", and the heaven and earth are born from "nothing".

16. Not attached to anything external, like smooth water, flowing freely without birth and death. This is the other side of happiness.

17. Don’t think of good, don’t think of evil. At this time, you have returned to your original self.

18. The earth is just a grain of dust in the universe; life is just a moment in the universe. In this short life, one should fully appreciate the beauty of life.

19. "Tao" returns to nature, and the nature of "Tao" is nature.

20. Because of the heart, we can realize ourselves, and because of the heart, we will enter hell.

21. The body of "Tao" is virtual, but it is not nothing. It is the source of all things.

22. "Nothing" is the body of Tao, and "being" is the purpose of Tao. Only by being inactive, ignorant, and selfless can people reach the highest state of "Tao".

23. The principle of all things is not far away, but in our hearts. Pursuing it externally will only lead us farther and farther away from the path.

24. Without clarity of mind, how can one be knowledgeable about the world? Fortunes are limited and come back. When times are limited, you should observe with wisdom and wait for changes.

25. There is no difference between a simple and vigorous life. As long as you live with a calm heart, your life will not be in vain.

26. Like a tree, the heart is not a static whole, but a moving process.

27. There are two kinds of good roots, one is changeable and the other is unchanging, but Buddha nature is beyond change and unchangeability, good and unwholesome.

28. There are causes and effects, gains and losses, and pain. The meaning of life does not lie in the results, but in every process of life.

29. The heart is condensed and the body is released, and the bones and flesh are melted. So when you see the buds, you can see life, and when you see the fallen leaves, you know that the tree is about to rest.

30. Green mountains and floating clouds - how to get rid of life and death, aging, sickness and death? The answer is: The green mountains themselves don’t move, it’s just the floating clouds that fly over.

31. Being able to live is a blessing; being able to die is a blessing. If he lives for a hundred years, or if he only lives for one day and night, it is a valuable life.

32. Cleverness often brings endless burdens, which most people are often unaware of.

33. Why should I be in a hurry? Its existence and death will not lose the existence of its true self.

34. If you are ignorant and selfless, you can last long if you follow nature, participate in nature, and become one.

35. Everything turns its back to the yin and faces the yang. The two qi of yin and yang stir up each other to form a new harmonious body.

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