Buddhist quotes Flashcards
Attachment/Origin of tanha
Attachment is the root of suffering
Buddha’s life of luxury
Angutarra Nikaya
Describes how he was ‘delicately nurtured’
Jakata tales (Jakata 75)
Four sights
Living as an asectic
It was to him like a time of intertwining the sky with knots
Turning away from ascetism
The practice of such austerities was not the path to Enlightenment
Siddhartha’s meditation
Not until I attain the supreme Enlightenment will I give up this seat of meditation
Buddhist chant
To the Buddha for refuge I go
To the Dhamma for refuge I go
To the Sangha for refuge I go
Dependant arising
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
Dukkha
I teach dukkha and the cessation of dukkha
Tanha quote
It is this craving which leads to renewed existence
Mahayana Buddha Nature
Uttaratantra Shastra uses bee and honey metaphor
Bodhisattva vow
I vow to save them
5 precepts
Do not harm or kill
Do not steal
Do not commit sexual misconduct
Do not lie
Do not take drugs or drink alcohol
Three types of suffering
“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.”
Samudaya
“There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.”
Three poisons (hatred)
“Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness.”
Five Skandhas (general/thervada)
“The five skandhas represent the constant structure of the human psychology
Five Skandhas (theravada)
The aggregates that compose our whole mental and physical existence.
They are the constituents of our experience,
Sunyata
“The supreme goal of the teachings is the emptiness whose nature is compassion.”
Pure Land quote
Pure Land is rich in a great variety of flowers and fruits
Compassion
I believe that at every level of society, the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion
Metta
One should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all being and loving-kindness towards all the world
Meditation
Even the gods envy those awakened and mindful ones who are intent on meditation
Samatha meditation
Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts…Remain in the simplicity of the present moment
Kamma
Not in the sky… is there that place on earth where standing one might be freed from evil action
Craving and rebirth
‘It is this craving which leads to renewed existence’
