gautama buddha Quotes

Biography

Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was born as a royal prince in a
place called Lumbini, which was originally in northern India, but is now part of
Nepal. His exact lifetime is uncertain, yet most historians date his lifetime from
563 BC to 483 BC.

The meaning of the word Buddha is "The Enlightened One", or "The
Awakened One", and refers to one who has become enlightened. Siddhartha
Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha of all eras.
Gautama enjoyed a comfortable upbringing, and when he reached the age of
16, his father arranged his marriage to his cousin. According to tradition, she
gave birth to a son.

Siddhartha Gautama was provided with everything he could want or need.
However, he was not satisfied with his life, and felt that material wealth was
not his life's goal.
One day, he left the palace to see the world outside, and was confronted with
the sufferings of life, which he never knew before. The next day, at the age of
twenty-nine, he left the palace to lead an ascetic life, with the determination to
find the answer to the problem of human suffering.
For six years, Siddhartha Gautama followed ascetic practices, studying and
following different methods of meditation, with various religious teachers.
However, he was not satisfied, and felt that he had not found any real answer
to the problem of human suffering
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Next, he took his austerities even further, and tried to find enlightenment
through deprivation of worldly goods, including food. After nearly starving, he
decided that extreme asceticism didn't work for him, and adopted the path of
moderation, which the Buddhists call "the Middle Way".
According to tradition, it is said that at the age of 35, Siddhartha Gautama sat
under a tree, known as the Bodhi tree, and vowed not to get up until finding
the truth. He sat and meditated, and after 49 days he attained Enlightenment.
From that time, Siddhartha Gautama became known as the Buddha, "The
Enlightened One”
.
The Buddha realized the cause of human suffering, and the steps necessary
to eliminate it. These discoveries became known as the "Four Noble Truths",
which are at the heart of the Buddhism.
For the remaining years, he traveled through the Indian subcontinent,
teaching people the principles of the Buddhism.

Buddha Quotes


Compiled by Remez Sasson
www.SuccessConsciousness.com
101 Buddha Quotes
He is able who thinks he is able.
The Way is not in the sky. The Way is in the
heart.

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through
lack of zeal, knowledge is lost.
Being deeply learned and skilled, being well-
trained and using well-spoken words, this is
good luck.
Happiness






101 Buddha Quotes
Compiled by Remez Sasson
www.SuccessConsciousness.com
101 Buddha Quotes
He is able who thinks he is able.
The Way is not in the sky. The Way is in the
heart.
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through
lack of zeal, knowledge is lost.
Being deeply learned and skilled, being well-
trained and using well-spoken words, this is
good luck.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
Happiness comes when your work and words
are of benefit to yourself and others.
Every human being is the author of his own
health or disease.
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101 Buddha Quotes
Compiled by Remez Sasson
www.SuccessConsciousness.com
If you wish to be gentle with others, be gentle
first with yourself.
An outside enemy exists only if there is anger
inside.
A man should first direct himself in the way he
should go. Only then should he instruct others.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend
on others.
A jug fills drop by drop.
There is nothing so disobedient, as an
undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so
obedient, as a disciplined mind.
There are only two mistakes one can make
along the road to truth; not going all the way,
and not starting.
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is a journey, not a destination.
Happiness comes when your work and words
are of benefit to yourself and others.
Every human being is the author of his own
health or disease.
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101 Buddha Quotes
Compiled by Remez Sasson
www.SuccessConsciousness.com
Happiness never decreases by being shared.
To keep the body in good health is a duty,
otherwise we shall not be able to keep our
mind strong and clear.
What we think, we become.
Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative
thoughts.
All that we are is the result of what we have
thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil
thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or
acts with a pure thought, happiness follows
him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
The greatest prayer is patience.
Endurance is one of the most difficult
disciplines, but it is to the one who endures
that the final victory comes.
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