Teachings of the Buddha

All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. - The Buddha

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? - The Buddha

As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives. - The Buddha ,br>

As the rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all. - The Buddha

Because he has pity on every living creature, therefore is a man called 'holy'. - The Buddha

But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus. - The Buddha

By whomever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin who is guarded in these three. - The Buddha

Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest (pun on the word "nirvana"), bhikkhus. - The Buddha

Delusions, errors and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and worm-eaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be shipwrecked. - The Buddha

Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . - The Buddha

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - The Buddha

Free yourself from attachment. Know the sweet joy of the way. How joyful to look upon the awakened and to keep company with the wise. How long the road to the man who travels the road with the fool. - The Buddha

Source: Sayings of the Buddha in The Dhammapada, Pali Cannon