Buddhist quotes

Question 1

Attachment/Origin of tanha

Answer 1

Attachment is the root of suffering

Question 2

Buddha’s life of luxury

Answer 2

Angutarra Nikaya

Describes how he was ‘delicately nurtured’

Question 3

Jakata tales (Jakata 75)

Answer 3

Four sights

Question 4

Living as an asectic

Answer 4

It was to him like a time of intertwining the sky with knots

Question 5

Turning away from ascetism

Answer 5

The practice of such austerities was not the path to Enlightenment

Question 6

Siddhartha’s meditation

Answer 6

Not until I attain the supreme Enlightenment will I give up this seat of meditation

Question 7

Buddhist chant

Answer 7

To the Buddha for refuge I go

To the Dhamma for refuge I go

To the Sangha for refuge I go

Question 8

Dependant arising

Answer 8

All events and incidents in life are so intimately linked with the fate of others that a single person on his or her own cannot even begin to act

Question 9

Dukkha

Answer 9

I teach dukkha and the cessation of dukkha

Question 10

Tanha quote

Answer 10

It is this craving which leads to renewed existence

Question 11

Mahayana Buddha Nature

Answer 11

Uttaratantra Shastra uses bee and honey metaphor

Question 12

Bodhisattva vow

Answer 12

I vow to save them

Question 13

5 precepts

Answer 13

Do not harm or kill

Do not steal

Do not commit sexual misconduct

Do not lie

Do not take drugs or drink alcohol

Question 14

Three types of suffering

Answer 14

“There are these three forms of stressfulness, my friend: the stressfulness of pain, the stressfulness of fabrication, the stressfulness of change.

These are the three forms of stressfulness.”

Question 15

Samudaya

Answer 15

“There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.”

Question 16

Three poisons (hatred)

Answer 16

“Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness.”

Question 17

Five Skandhas (general/thervada)

Answer 17

“The five skandhas represent the constant structure of the human psychology

Question 18

Five Skandhas (theravada)

Answer 18

The aggregates that compose our whole mental and physical existence.

They are the constituents of our experience,

Question 19

Sunyata

Answer 19

“The supreme goal of the teachings is the emptiness whose nature is compassion.”

Question 20

Pure Land quote

Answer 20

Pure Land is rich in a great variety of flowers and fruits

Question 21

Compassion

Answer 21

I believe that at every level of society, the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion

Question 22

Metta

Answer 22

One should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all being and loving-kindness towards all the world

Question 23

Meditation

Answer 23

Even the gods envy those awakened and mindful ones who are intent on meditation

Question 24

Samatha meditation

Answer 24

Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts…Remain in the simplicity of the present moment

Question 25

Kamma

Answer 25

Not in the sky… is there that place on earth where standing one might be freed from evil action

Question 26

Craving and rebirth

Answer 26

‘It is this craving which leads to renewed existence’