4 Posts found for Author: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.

Author: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) | Subjects: Concepts, Love

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Author: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it – even if I have said it – unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

Author: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) | Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Personal Improvement

Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another’s seeming ability; nor upon the consideration, “The monk is our teacher.” But when you yourselves … [ Read more ]

Author: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) | Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Religion, Thought | Inquiry